Fast Detection of Unexpected Sound Intensity Decrements as Revealed by Human Evoked Potentials

Heike Althen; Sabine Grimm; Carles Escera

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028522

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Fast Detection of Unexpected Sound Intensity Decrements as Revealed by Human Evoked Potentials

Heike Althen,

Affiliations Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Sabine Grimm,

Affiliations Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Carles Escera

* E-mail: cescera@ub.edu

Affiliations Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Fast Detection of Unexpected Sound Intensity Decrements as Revealed by Human Evoked Potentials

Heike Althen,
Sabine Grimm,
Carles Escera

Published: December 6, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0028522

About the Authors

Heike Althen

Affiliations Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Sabine Grimm

Carles Escera

* E-mail: cescera@ub.edu

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA SG CE. Performed the experiments: HA. Analyzed the data: HA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG CE. Wrote the paper: HA. Correction of the manuscript: SG CE. Design of software scripts: SG.

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