Prior experience biases subcortical sensitivity to sound patterns

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 124-140

  Skoe, Erika ^a,b   Krizman, Jennifer ^a   Spitzer, Emily ^a   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN STEM; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PATTERN RECOGNITION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY LEARNING; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84914170886     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00691     Document Type: Article

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