Neural sensitivity to statistical regularities as a fundamental biological process that underlies auditory learning: The role of musical practice

Hearing Research

Volumn 308, Issue , 2014, Pages 122-128

  François, Clément ^a   Schön, Daniele ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCUATE FASCICULUS; AUDITORY TRAINING; BRAIN FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFERIOR FRONTAL GYRUS; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LEARNING; MUSIC; MUSICIAN; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NEURAL SENSITIVITY; NONHUMAN; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; BRAIN STEM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HEARING; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSIC; NEURONS; SOUND; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84892373028     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2013.08.018     Document Type: Review

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