Mu suppression as an index of sensorimotor contributions to speech processing: Evidence from continuous EEG signals

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 242-248

  Cuellar, Megan ^a   Bowers, Andrew ^a   Harkrider, Ashley W ^a   Wilson, Matthew ^a   Saltuklaroglu, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Phonological discrimination; Sublexical

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRODE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865379648     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.04.003     Document Type: Article

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