Activation in human auditory cortex in relation to the loudness and unpleasantness of low-frequency and infrasound stimuli .pdf

Supporting information S1 Fig. Comparison of loudness functions in the MRI environment versus the sound booth. (PDF)

Acknowledgments The authors would like to thank all participants. The authors also thank Kirsten Netter (Universität Oldenburg) for performing parts of the psychoacoustical measurements, Elisa Burke and Johannes Hensel for technical support with respect to the infrasound source provided by PTB Braunschweig, as well as Christian Koch (PTB Braunschweig) and all project partners across Europe within the EARS-II project for many fruitful discussions.

Author Contributions Conceptualization: Oliver Behler, Stefan Uppenkamp. Data curation: Oliver Behler. Formal analysis: Oliver Behler. Funding acquisition: Stefan Uppenkamp. Investigation: Oliver Behler. Methodology: Oliver Behler. Project administration: Stefan Uppenkamp. Supervision: Stefan Uppenkamp. Visualization: Oliver Behler. Writing – original draft: Oliver Behler. Writing – review & editing: Oliver Behler, Stefan Uppenkamp.

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