"WHAT" and "WHERE" in auditory sensory processing: A high-density electrical mapping study of distinct neural processes underlying sound object recognition and sound localization

Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Leavitt, M Victoria ^a,b,d   Molholm, Sophie ^a,c   Gomez Ramirez, Manuel ^a,e   Foxe, John J ^a,b,c  

^a NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Electrophysiology; Event related potential

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN MAPPING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 82355181671     PISSN: 16625145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2011.00023     Document Type: Article

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