Human brainstem plasticity: The interaction of stimulus probability and auditory learning

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 109, Issue , 2014, Pages 82-93

  Skoe, Erika ^a,e   Chandrasekaran, Bharath ^b   Spitzer, Emily R ^a   Wong, Patrick C M ^a,c   Kraus, Nina ^a,d  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory learning; Brainstem; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PITCH; PROBABILITY; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SOUND ANALYSIS; SOUND DETECTION;

AUDITORY LEARNING; BRAINSTEM; NEUROPLASTICITY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891091094     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2013.11.011     Document Type: Article

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