The neural basis of individual holistic and spectral sound perception

Contemporary Music Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 315-328

  Schneider, Peter ^a   Wengenroth, Martina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heschl's gyrus; Interindividual variability; Pitch; Sound perception; Timbre

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951017154     PISSN: 07494467     EISSN: 14772256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07494460903404402     Document Type: Review

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