Synchronisation signatures in the listening brain: A perspective from non-invasive neuroelectrophysiology

Hearing Research

Volumn 307, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-28

  Weisz, Nathan ^a   Obleser, Jonas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN REGION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FRONTAL EYE FIELD; GAMMA RHYTHM; HUMAN; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; MENTAL TASK; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN WAVES; COGNITION; CORTICAL SYNCHRONIZATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; MAGNETOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84889687573     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.07.009     Document Type: Review

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