Neurophysiological mechanisms involved in auditory perceptual organization

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue SEP, 2009, Pages

  Bidet Caulet, Aurelie ^a   Bertrand, Olivier ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory scene analysis; Concurrent sound; Electrophysiology; Neurophysiology; Stream segregation

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954762731     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.025.2009     Document Type: Review

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