Lifespan differences in cortical dynamics of auditory perception

Developmental Science

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 839-853

  Müller, Viktor ^a,b   Gruber, Walter ^c   Klimesch, Wolfgang ^c   Lindenberger, Ulman ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350089356     PISSN: 1363755X     EISSN: 14677687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2009.00834.x     Document Type: Article

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