Enhancement of auditory-evoked potentials in musicians reflects an influence of expertise but not selective attention

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2238-2249

  Baumann, Simon ^a,b   Meyer, Martin ^a   Jäncke, Lutz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSICIAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOUND; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56649085328     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2008.20157     Document Type: Article

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