Processing of spectral and amplitude envelope of animal vocalizations in the human auditory cortex

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2824-2832

  Altmann, Christian F ^a,b   Júnior, Cícero Gomes de Oliveira ^a   Heinemann, Linda ^a   Kaiser, Jochen ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Auditory " what" pathway; Complex sounds; FMRI adaptation; Frequency spectrum; Natural sounds; Temporal envelope

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOUND; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL LOBE; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; SOUND; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955270655     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.05.024     Document Type: Article

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