Non-invasive brain stimulation applied to Heschl's gyrus modulates pitch discrimination

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 1, Issue NOV, 2010, Pages

  Mathys, Christoph ^a   Loui, Psyche ^a   Zheng, Xin ^a   Schlaug, Gottfried ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Brain stimulation; Pitch perception; Transcranial direct current stimulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960621756     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2010.00193     Document Type: Article

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