Interference in dichotic listening: The effect of contralateral noise on oscillatory brain networks

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-118

  Ross, Bernhard ^a,b   Miyazaki, Takahiro ^a   Fujioka, Takako ^a  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory steady state response; Human; Informational masking; Magnetoencephalography; Synchronous oscillation; Thalamo cortical network

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY MASKING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOUND DETECTION; SOUND INTENSITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THALAMOCORTICAL TRACT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MALE; NERVE NET; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855276119     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07935.x     Document Type: Article

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