The role of the auditory brainstem in processing musically relevant pitch

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Bidelman, Gavin M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory event related potentials; Auditory nerve; Brainstem response; Consonance and dissonance; Frequency following response (FFR); Musical pitch perception; Musical training; Tonality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878942299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00264     Document Type: Review

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