Neuroanatomical markers of individual differences in native and non-native vowel perception

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 150-162

  Sebastián Gallés, Núria ^a   Soriano Mas, Carles ^b,c   Baus, Cristina ^a   Díaz, Begoña ^d   Ressel, Volker ^a   Pallier, Christophe ^e   Costa, Albert ^a,f   Pujol, Jesús ^g  

^a UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

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

^e NeuroSpin   (France)

^f INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brain anatomy; Individual differences; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GRAY MATTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NORMAL HUMAN; PARIETAL OPERCULUM; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOWEL; VOXEL BASED MORPHOMETRY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 84856964314     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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