Inter-subject synchronization of brain responses during natural music listening

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1458-1469

  Abrams, Daniel A ^a   Ryali, Srikanth ^a   Chen, Tianwen ^a   Chordia, Parag ^b   Khouzam, Amirah ^a   Levitin, Daniel J ^c   Menon, Vinod ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Inferior colliculus; Inferior frontal gyrus; Medial geniculate; Parietal cortex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; EVOKED CORTICAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFERIOR COLLICULUS; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; MALE; MEDIAL GENICULATE BODY; MOTOR CORTEX; MUSIC; PARIETAL CORTEX; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; NERVE NET;

EID: 84877327010     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12173     Document Type: Article

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