Cortical representations of communication sounds

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 478-484

  Heiser, Marc A ^a,b   Cheung, Steven W ^a  

^a Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; mirror neuron, perception; Speech; vocalization

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; BIRD; HEARING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYRRHINI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BIRDS; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PLATYRRHINI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149333598     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32830e6dac     Document Type: Review

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