Much is known about the role of cortical areas in language processing. The shift towards
network approaches in recent years has highlighted the importance of uncovering the role of …

Music training is generally assumed to improve perceptual and cognitive abilities. Although
correlational data highlight positive associations, experimental results are inconclusive …

Considerable debate exists about the interplay between auditory and motor speech
systems. Some argue for common neural mechanisms, whereas others assert that there are …

Abstract Purpose Task-independent (eg, Ballard et al., 2003) and task-dependent models
(eg, Ziegler, 2003) differ in their predictions regarding the learning transfer from non-speech …

Objective The aging population is prone to hearing loss, which has several adverse effects
on quality of life, including difficulty following conversations in noisy environments. Personal …

Limited evidence has shown that practising musical activities in aging, such as choral
singing, could lessen age-related speech perception in noise (SPiN) difficulties. However …

This article reports on vowel clarity metrics based on spectrotemporal modulations of speech
signals. Motivated by previous findings on the relevance of modulation-based metrics for …

Healthy aging is associated with extensive changes in brain structure and physiology, with
impacts on cognition and communication. The “mental exercise hypothesis” proposes that …

The global ageing of populations calls for effective, ecologically valid methods to support
brain health across adult life. Previous evidence suggests that music can promote white …

A classical observation in neurology is that aphasic stroke patients with impairments in
speech production can nonetheless sing the same utterances. This preserved ability …