Ancient architectural acoustic resonance patterns and regional brain activity

Time and Mind

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 95-104

  Cook, Ian A ^a   Pajot, Sarah K ^b   Leuchter, Andrew F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

110 Hz; Acoustic resonance; Cordance measure; Left temporal region; Prefrontal cortex; Quantitative electroencephalography

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749133848     PISSN: 1751696X     EISSN: 17516978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2752/175169608783489099     Document Type: Article

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