Neural Oscillations Carry Speech Rhythm through to Comprehension
Medical Research Council · MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Abstract
A key feature of speech is the quasi-regular rhythmic information contained in its slow amplitude modulations. In this article we review the information conveyed by speech rhythm, and the role of ongoing brain oscillations in listeners' processing of this content. Our starting point is the fact that speech is inherently temporal, and that rhythmic information conveyed by the amplitude envelope contains important markers for place and manner of articulation, segmental information, and speech rate. Behavioral studies demonstrate that amplitude envelope information is relied upon by listeners and plays a key role in speech intelligibility. Extending behavioral findings, data from neuroimaging - particularly…
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2Topics & keywords
- Magnetoencephalography
- Entrainment (biomusicology)
- Rhythm
- Psychology
- Speech recognition
- Speech perception
- Neurocomputational speech processing
- Perception