Words and melody are intertwined in perception of sung words: EEG and behavioral evidence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Gordon, Reyna L ^a,b   Schön, Daniele ^b   Magne, Cyrille ^c   Astésano, Corine ^b,d   Besson, Mireille ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Université de Toulouse II   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSIC; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251522100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009889     Document Type: Article

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