Can nonlinguistic musical training change the way the brain processes speech? The expanded OPERA hypothesis

Hearing Research

Volumn 308, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-108

  Patel, Aniruddh D ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMOTION; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCALIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROSCIENCES; PITCH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84892364137     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.08.011     Document Type: Review

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