Increased activity in frontal motor cortex compensates impaired speech perception in older adults

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Du, Yi ^a,b   Buchsbaum, Bradley R ^a,c   Grady, Cheryl L ^a,c   Alain, Claude ^a,c  

^a ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; BRAIN; COMPENSATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; CELL DEDIFFERENTIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPENSATION; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOTOR CORTEX; PHONEME; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; UPREGULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ADAPTATION; AGE; AGED; AGING; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; PHONETICS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982722441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12241     Document Type: Article

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