Detrimental noise effects on brain's speech functions

Biological Psychology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 135-143

  Kujala, Teija ^a,b   Brattico, Elvira ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Auditory processing; Hemispheric asymmetry; Speech lateralization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC STRESS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NOISE POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

BRAIN; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NOISE; SPEECH;

EID: 67349274717     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.03.010     Document Type: Review

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