Non-motor basal ganglia functions: A review and proposal for a model of sensory predictability in auditory language perception

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 982-990

  Kotz, Sonja A ^a   Schwartze, Michael ^a   Schmidt Kassow, Maren ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory language perception; Basal ganglia; P300; P600; Sensory predictability; Sequencing; Syntax

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BASAL GANGLION; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR CORTEX; SEMANTICS; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; THALAMUS;

ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CEREBELLUM; COGNITION; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPEECH; THALAMUS; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 67649406057     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.02.010     Document Type: Article

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