Unlocking the role of the superior temporal gyrus for speech sound categorization

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2631-2633

  Steinschneider, Mitchell ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; EDITORIAL; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; SPEECH; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; MALE; PHONETICS;

EID: 79959365501     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00238.2011     Document Type: Editorial

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