Contributions of nonhuman animal models to understanding human speech perception

Listening to Speech: An Auditory Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 203-220

  Holt, Lori L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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