Processing of the temporal envelope of speech

The Auditory Cortex: A Synthesis of Human and Animal Research

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 295-314

  Ahissar, Ehud ^a   Ahissar, Merav ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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EID: 84909237850     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781410613066     Document Type: Chapter

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