Common networks for selective auditory attention for sounds and words? An fMRI study with implications for attention rehabilitation

Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-83

  Sturm, Walter ^a   Schnitker, Ralph ^a   Grande, Marion ^a   Huber, Walter ^a   Willmes, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

attention therapy; auditory stimulation; fMRI; Selective attention; sounds; words

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SELECTIVE ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CEREBELLUM; DEVICE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SOUND; SPEECH; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE NET; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959265777     PISSN: 09226028     EISSN: 18783627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/RNN-2011-0569     Document Type: Article

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