Alpha rhythms in audition: Cognitive and clinical perspectives

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue APR, 2011, Pages

  Weisz, Nathan ^a   Hartmann, Thomas ^a   Müller, Nadia ^a   Lorenz, Isabel ^a   Obleser, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alpha; Attention; Auditory; EEG; MEG; Speech; Tau; Tinnitus

Indexed keywords

EID: 80555148302     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2011.00073     Document Type: Article

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