Tone deafness: A model complex cortical phenotype

Clinical Medicine, Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 592-595

  Griffiths, Timothy D ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory agnosia; Cerebral cortex; Genetics; Phenotype; Tone deafness

Indexed keywords

AGNOSIA; AMUSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FAMILY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WHITE MATTER; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 57849083498     PISSN: 14702118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7861/clinmedicine.8-6-592     Document Type: Article

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