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Sophie Nolden1, Patrick Bermudez, Kristelle Alunni-Menichini

  • 1CERNEC, Université de Montréal, Département de Psychologie, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre ville, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7; BRAMS, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Neuropsychologia
|September 17, 2013
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Keywords:
AuditionElectroencephalography (EEG)Event-related potentials (ERP)Short-term memorySustained anterior negativity (SAN)TimbreWorking memory

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