Rapid acoustic processing in the auditory brainstem is not related to cortical asymmetry for the syllable rate of speech

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 121, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1343-1350

  Abrams, Daniel A ^a   Nicol, Trent ^a   Zecker, Steven ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem; Auditory cortex; Cerebral asymmetry; Children; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; BRAIN STEM; CHILD; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77953913896     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2010.02.158     Document Type: Article

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