Event-Related Evoked Potentials (ERPs) in Speech Perception

The Handbook of Speech Perception

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 99-121

  Molfese, Dennis L ^a   Key, Alexandra P Fonaryova ^a   Maguire, Mandy J ^a   Dove, Guy O ^a   Molfese, Victoria J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Event related evoked potentials; Post synaptic potentials; Speech perception; Voice onset time

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890781758     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470757024.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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