FM-selective networks in human auditory cortex revealed using fMRI and multivariate pattern classification

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1896-1907

  Hsieh, I Hui ^a   Fillmore, Paul ^b   Rong, Feng ^b   Hickok, Gregory ^b   Saberi, Kourosh ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OXYGEN; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOACOUSTICS; REACTION TIME; SOUND LOCALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864415144     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00254     Document Type: Article

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