Dynamic and task-dependent encoding of speech and voice by phase reorganization of cortical oscillations

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1699-1706

  Bonte, Milene ^a   Valente, Giancarlo ^a   Formisano, Elia ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alpha; Auditory cortex; EEG; Language; Speech; Synchrony

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH; VOICE; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ALPHA RHYTHM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 60849101835     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3694-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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