Concurrent sound segregation is enhanced in musicians

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1488-1498

  Zendel, Benjamin Rich ^a   Alain, Claude ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTINGENT NEGATIVE VARIATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REACTION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 67650444339     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn.2009.21140     Document Type: Article

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