Aging affects the balance of neural entrainment and top-down neural modulation in the listening brain

oleh: Molly J. Henry, Björn Herrmann, Dunja Kunke, Jonas Obleser

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2017-06-01

Deskripsi

The changes that accompany age-related decreases in speech comprehension are not yet understood. Here, authors show that older adults are less able to entrain to speech-paced auditory rhythms and that the behavioural consequences can be counteracted by top-down neural modulation.