Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) traces the predominance of the left auditory cortex for processing of rapidly changing acoustic information

Neuroscience

Volumn 261, Issue , 2014, Pages 68-73

  Heimrath, K ^a   Kuehne, M ^a   Heinze, H J ^a   Zaehle, T ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory cortex; Auditory temporal resolution; Gap detection; Hemispheric lateralization; TDCS

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NEUROMODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL DIRECT CURRENT STIMULATION;

AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; GAP DETECTION; HEMISPHERIC LATERALIZATION; TDCS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892864758     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.12.031     Document Type: Article

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