Cortical encoding of pitch: Recent results and open questions

Hearing Research

Volumn 271, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 74-87

  Walker, Kerry M M ^a   Bizley, Jennifer K ^a   King, Andrew J ^a   Schnupp, Jan W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERIODICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 78651074422     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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