Do temporal processes underlie left hemisphere dominance in speech perception?

Brain and Language

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 36-45

  Scott, Sophie K ^a   McGettigan, Carolyn ^a  

^a Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; Functional neuroimaging; Hemispheric asymmetries; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIC APHASIA; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMPREHENSION; DICHOTIC LISTENING; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; GAMMA RHYTHM; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; LINGUISTICS; PHONEME; PITCH; SENSORY APHASIA; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; THETA RHYTHM;

AUDITORY PROCESSING; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HEMISPHERIC ASYMMETRIES; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885467195     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: 10902155     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2013.07.006     Document Type: Article

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