The frequency following response (FFR) may reflect pitch-bearing information but is not a direct representation of pitch

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 767-782

  Gockel, Hedwig E ^a   Carlyon, Robert P ^a   Mehta, Anahita ^a   Plack, Christopher J ^b  

^a MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex tones; Dichotic presentation; Monaural temporal information

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN STEM RESPONSE; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FREQUENCY FOLLOWING RESPONSE; NERVE POTENTIAL; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WAVEFORM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN STEM; COCHLEAR NERVE; DICHOTIC LISTENING TESTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; PITCH PERCEPTION; SOUND LOCALIZATION;

EID: 84855713384     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: 14387573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-011-0284-1     Document Type: Article

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