Beat synchronization predicts neural speech encoding and reading readiness in preschoolers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 40, 2014, Pages 14559-14564

  Carr, Kali Woodruff ^a   White Schwoch, Travis ^a   Tierney, Adam T ^a   Strait, Dana L ^a,b   Kraus, Nina ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory processing; CABR; Rhythm; Speech envelope; Temporal processing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICES; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CUES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PHONETICS; READING; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84907833391     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1406219111     Document Type: Article

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