Unraveling the Biology of Auditory Learning: A Cognitive-Sensorimotor-Reward Framework

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 642-654

  Kraus, Nina ^a   White Schwoch, Travis ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory learning; Language development; Language impairment; Neuroplasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

AUDITORY LEARNING; AUDITORY SYSTEMS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; INTEGRATED WHOLE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS; NEUROPLASTIC CHANGES; NEUROPLASTICITY;

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS;

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; AMPUTATION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY LEARNING; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTISM; BLINDNESS; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING; MUSIC; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PITCH; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; READING; REVIEW; REWARD; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SKILL; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; VOICE; WORKING MEMORY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION;

AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; REWARD; SENSATION;

EID: 84945911785     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: 1879307X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2015.08.017     Document Type: Review

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