Auditory perception bias in speech imitation

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Postma Nilsenovà, Marie ^a   Postma, Eric ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency; Heschl's gyrus; Imitation; Missing fundamental; Pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889638748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00826     Document Type: Article

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