Event-related potentials index segmentation of nonsense sounds

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1183-1186

  Sanders, Lisa D ^a   Ameral, Victoria ^a   Sayles, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; ERP; N1; Selective attention; Speech segmentation; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOUND; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL LEARNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60549117302     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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