Speech Prosody Serves Temporal Prediction of Language via Contextual Entrainment

Y Lamekina, L Titone, B Maess… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Temporal prediction assists language comprehension. In a series of recent behavioral
studies, we have shown that listeners specifically employ rhythmic modulations of prosody to …

[HTML][HTML] Leading and following: Noise differently affects semantic and acoustic processing during naturalistic speech comprehension

X Zhang, J Li, Z Li, B Hong, T Diao, X Ma, G Nolte… - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite the distortion of speech signals caused by unavoidable noise in daily life, our ability
to comprehend speech in noisy environments is relatively stable. However, the neural …

EEG-based speaker–listener neural coupling reflects speech-selective attentional mechanisms beyond the speech stimulus

J Li, B Hong, G Nolte, AK Engel, D Zhang - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
When we pay attention to someone, do we focus only on the sound they make, the word they
use, or do we form a mental space shared with the speaker we want to pay attention to …

[HTML][HTML] A sound case for listening

B Hoffmann, U Napiersky, C Senior - Frontiers in Human …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Despite a considerable body of research dedicated to the understanding of the neural
systems that underpin our ability to process speech–there is relatively scant attention given …

The Compensatory Mechanism of the Prefrontal Cortex in Preserving Speech-in-Noise Comprehension Among Older Adults

Z Li, Y Liu, X Zhang, N Kou, X Zhao, X Jiang, AK Engel… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The capacity to comprehend others amidst noise is essential for human communication;
however, it presents significant challenges for the elderly, who often face progressive …