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The enigma of cortical responses: Slow yet precise

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Elhilali, M., Klein, D.J., Fritz, J.B., Simon, J.Z., Shamma, S.A. (2005). The enigma of cortical responses: Slow yet precise. 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_59

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