The Neurocognition of Prosody

Neurobiology of Language

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 1109-1120

  Paulmann, Silke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; Brain mapping; Clinical evidence; Event related brain potentials; Neural basis; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015916003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00088-2     Document Type: Chapter

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