Upregulation of cognitive control networks in older adults' speech comprehension

Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Erb, Julia ^a   Obleser, Jonas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cochlear implant simulation; Degraded speech; Executive functions; Functional mri; Neural adaptation; Noise vocoding; Temporal envelope

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ANTERIOR INSULA; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BOLD SIGNAL; COMPREHENSION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; MIDDLE FRONTAL GYRUS; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPEECH COMPREHENSION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORKING MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891511083     PISSN: 16625137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsys.2013.00116     Document Type: Article

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