Examining the role of frequency specificity in the enhancement and suppression of human cortical activity by auditory selective attention

Hearing Research

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 106-118

  Paltoglou, Aspasia E ^a   Sumner, Christian J ^a   Hall, Deborah A ^a,b  

^a MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attentional modulation; Frequency dependent response region; Task related effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TONOTOPY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349410195     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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