Neural alpha dynamics in younger and older listeners reflect acoustic challenges and predictive benefits

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1458-1467

  Wöstmann, Malte ^a,b   Herrmann, Björn ^a   Wilsch, Anna ^a   Obleser, Jonas ^a  

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

^b and Plasticity   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic detail; Ageing; Alpha oscillations; Prediction; Speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPREHENSION; EFFECT SIZE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LISTENING; MALE; MODULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUMBER COMPARISON TASK; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION; SPEECH; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; HEARING; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALPHA RHYTHM; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921934445     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3250-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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