Human subcortical auditory function provides a new conceptual framework for considering modularity

Language and Music as Cognitive Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Skoe, Erika ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Cortex; Human auditory function; Modularity; Subcortical structures

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878812248     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199553426.003.0028     Document Type: Note

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