Musical training enhances neural processing of binaural sounds

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 16741-16747

  Parbery Clark, Alexandra ^a   Strait, Dana L ^a   Hittner, Emily ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BINAURAL HEARING; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885441365     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5700-12.2013     Document Type: Article

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