Division of labor between left and right human auditory cortices during the processing of intensity and duration

NeuroImage

Volumn 83, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-11

  Angenstein, Nicole ^a   Brechmann, André ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory perception; Blood oxygen level dependent; Categorization; Functional magnetic resonance imaging; Hemispheric specialization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY LATERALIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HARMONIC FREQUENCY MODULATED TONE COMPLEX; HESCHL SULCUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SOUND DURATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA; VOLUNTEER; ATTENTION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE NET; PITCH PERCEPTION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880930595     PISSN: 10538119     EISSN: 10959572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.06.071     Document Type: Article

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