A neurophysiological study into the foundations of tonal harmony

NeuroReport

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 239-244

  Bergelson, Elika ^a,b   Idsardi, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Dyads; Intervals; Magnetoencephalography; Mismatch negativity; Music; Tone; Vowel formants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MUSIC; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIODICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; SOUND; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149139080     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e32831ddebf     Document Type: Article

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