Tracking vocal pitch through noise: Neural correlates in nonprimary auditory cortex

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1479-1488

  Riecke, Lars ^a   Walter, Anke ^a,b   Sorger, Bettina ^a,c   Formisano, Elia ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD OXYGENATION LEVEL DEPENDENT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HESCHL GYRUS; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; NOISE; NONPRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SOUND INTENSITY; STIMULATION; TONE CONTINUITY ILLUSION; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NOISE; OXYGEN; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251555644     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3450-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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