Cortical Entrainment to Continuous Speech: Functional Roles and Interpretations

Auditory cortical activity is entrained to the temporal envelope of speech, which corresponds to the syllabic rhythm of speech. Such entrained cortical activity can be measured from subjects naturally listening to sentences or spoken passages, and provides a reliable neural maker of online speech pr...

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Main Authors: Nai eDing, Jonathan Z Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00311/full