Neuroscience: The Rhythms of Speech Understanding

Edmund C Lalor

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.038

Neuroscience: The Rhythms of Speech Understanding

Curr Biol. 2018 Feb 5;28(3):R105-R108. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.038.

Author

Edmund C Lalor¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Neuroscience, & Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA; School of Engineering, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, & Trinity Centre for Bioengineering, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland. Electronic address: Edmund_Lalor@urmc.rochester.edu.

PMID: 29408253
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.038

Abstract

An understanding of the precise role played by certain characteristic brain rhythms in facilitating speech comprehension has been elusive. New research adds important insight by showing that manipulating these rhythms leads to systematic changes in how brains respond to speech.

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MeSH terms

Brain
Comprehension
Neurosciences*
Speech
Speech Perception*