Behavioral evidence for the role of cortical Θ oscillations in determining auditory channel capacity for speech

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Ghitza, Oded ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory channel capacity; Brain rhythms; Fast speech; Information transfer rate; Intelligibility; Phonetic variability; Theta oscillations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904903817     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00652     Document Type: Article

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