Discriminating male and female voices: Differentiating pitch and gender

Brain Topography

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 194-204

  Latinus, Marianne ^a,b   Taylor, Margot J ^c  

^a Brain and Cognition Research Center in Toulouse   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory; ERPs; Frequency; N1; P2; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; VOICE;

EID: 84862767270     PISSN: 08960267     EISSN: 15736792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10548-011-0207-9     Document Type: Article

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