Importance of the left auditory areas in chord discrimination in music experts as demonstrated by MEG

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 517-523

  Tervaniemi, Mari ^a,b   Sannemann, Christian ^a   Noyranen, Maiju ^a   Salonen, Johanna ^c   Pihko, Elina ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Event related magnetic fields (ERF); Magnetoencephalography (MEG); Mismatch negativity (MMN); Musical expertise; Musicality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICAL SYNAPSE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MISMATCH NEGATIVITY; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND INTENSITY; TRAINING; VIDEO DISK;

ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; MUSIC;

EID: 79960934120     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07765.x     Document Type: Article

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