Clinical Neurophysiology
Volume 121, Issue 4 , Pages 533-541 , April 2010

Early integration of vowel and pitch processing: A mismatch negativity study

  • Pascale Lidji

      Affiliations

    • BRAMS Laboratory, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • UNESCOG, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B., Belgium
    • Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – F.N.R.S., Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: UNESCOG, Unversité Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B., CP 191, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium. Tel.: +32 2 650 26 40; fax: +32 2 650 22 09.
    • ,
  • Pierre Jolicœur

      Affiliations

    • BRAMS Laboratory, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • Régine Kolinsky

      Affiliations

    • UNESCOG, Université Libre de Bruxelles, U.L.B., Belgium
    • Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique – F.N.R.S., Belgium
    • ,
  • Patricia Moreau

      Affiliations

    • BRAMS Laboratory, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada
    • ,
  • John F. Connolly

      Affiliations

    • McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
    • ,
  • Isabelle Peretz

      Affiliations

    • BRAMS Laboratory, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

,Accepted 9 December 2009.

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