Global timing: A conceptual framework to investigate the neural basis of rhythm perception in humans and non-human species

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Geiser, Eveline ^a   Walker, Kerry M M ^b   Bendor, Daniel ^c  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beat; Brain; FMRI; Grouping; Meter; Music; Rhythm; Tempo

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897929481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00159     Document Type: Article

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