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Transformation of stimulus representations in the ascending auditory system

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Nelken, I. et al. (2005). Transformation of stimulus representations in the ascending auditory system. In: Pressnitzer, D., de Cheveigné, A., McAdams, S., Collet, L. (eds) Auditory Signal Processing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-27045-0_33

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