About the Journal

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Specialty Chief Editor: Isabelle Peretz, Université de Montréal, Canada
Robert Zatorre, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Indexed in: DOAJ, CrossRef, Google Scholar, PubMed Central coming soon, PsycINFO coming soon

Mission Statement

Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience is a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Psychology.

Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience is a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Psychology devoted to the understanding of the brain mechanisms that support auditory cognition. It covers all aspects of auditory cognition from perception of speech, music and natural sounds to emotion, memory, attention and production of auditory events. Research to be covered is not limited to humans, and methods can include any of the following: psychophysics or other behavioral paradigms, neurophysiology, anatomy, neuroimaging techniques (including MEG, fMRI, PET, EEG,TMS, and optical imaging), motion capture, modeling, neuropharmacology and behavioral genetics; we are interested in applications of these methods not only to normal function, but also in development, aging, or in the context of disorders. Each of these methods has provided key insights into auditory cognition, but progress in understanding the structure and function of the brain's response to and production of sounds needs to breach the artificial barriers between traditional disciplines, such as cognitive psychology, neuroscience, computer science, neurology, physiology, psychoacoustics, speech and hearing sciences, and physics; between peripheral and central neural mechanisms; and between theory and practice. This advance requires a common forum. Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience aims to provide such a forum for cutting-edge research in auditory cognitive neuroscience, and for promoting an integrative interdisciplinary approach for disseminating the very best research.

Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience welcomes the following tier 1 article types: Book Review, Editorial, General Commentary, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Review and Specialty Grand Challenge.

All articles must be submitted directly to Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, where they are processed by the associate and review editors of the Specialty Section.

All articles published in Frontiers in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience will be subjected to the Frontiers Evaluation System after online publication. Authors of the original research articles with the highest impact, as judged by many expert readers, will be invited by the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Psychology to write a prestigious Frontiers Focused Review - a tier 2 article. This is referred to as "democratic tiering". The selection is based on the reader impact over a 4-month period from the date of publication. The selected high impact articles are re-written in a review style centered on the original discovery, and aim to address the wider audience across all of Psychology.

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That is why Frontiers provides online free and open access to all of its research publications. For more information on open access click here.

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