Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing voice perception: A TMS study

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Lévêque, Yohana ^a,e   Muggleton, Neil ^b   Stewart, Lauren ^c   Schön, Daniele ^d  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LE VINATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Auditory motor interactions; Larynx motor representation; Singing; TMS; Voice perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885346970     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00418     Document Type: Article

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