[HTML][HTML] Contributions of the subcortical auditory system to predictive coding and the neural encoding of speech

C Escera - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Auditory midbrain and thalamus support predictive coding and speech
encoding.•Corticofugal projections are involved, but their specific roles need to be …

[HTML][HTML] Neural generators of the frequency-following response elicited to stimuli of low and high frequency: a magnetoencephalographic (MEG) study

N Gorina-Careta, JLO Kurkela, J Hämäläinen… - Neuroimage, 2021 - Elsevier
The frequency-following response (FFR) to periodic complex sounds has gained recent
interest in auditory cognitive neuroscience as it captures with great fidelity the tracking …

[HTML][HTML] The Neurophysiological Effects of Theta Burst Stimulation as Measured by Electroencephalography: A Systematic Review

BE Speranza, AT Hill, M Do, A Cerins… - Biological Psychiatry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Theta burst stimulation (TBS) is a non-invasive brain stimulation technique that can
modulate neural activity. The effect of TBS on regions beyond the motor cortex remains …

Subcortical rather than cortical sources of the frequency-following response (FFR) relate to speech-in-noise perception in normal-hearing listeners

GM Bidelman, S Momtaz - Neuroscience letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Scalp-recorded frequency-following responses (FFRs) reflect a mixture of phase-locked
activity across the auditory pathway. FFRs have been widely used as a neural barometer of …

Duplex perception reveals brainstem auditory representations are modulated by listeners' ongoing percept for speech

R Rizzi, GM Bidelman - Cerebral Cortex, 2023 - academic.oup.com
So-called duplex speech stimuli with perceptually ambiguous spectral cues to one ear and
isolated low-versus high-frequency third formant “chirp” to the opposite ear yield a coherent …

Frequency-Following Responses in Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review

L Jacxsens, L Biot, C Escera, A Gilles, E Cardon… - Journal of the …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose This systematic review aims to assess the impact of sensorineural hearing loss
(SNHL) on various frequency-following response (FFR) parameters. Methods Following …

Myogenic artifacts masquerade as neuroplasticity in the auditory frequency-following response

GM Bidelman, A Sisson, R Rizzi, J MacLean… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The frequency-following response (FFR) is an evoked potential that provides a neural index
of complex sound encoding in the brain. FFRs have been widely used to characterize …

[HTML][HTML] Perceptual warping exposes categorical representations for speech in human brainstem responses

JA Carter, GM Bidelman - NeuroImage, 2023 - Elsevier
The brain transforms continuous acoustic events into discrete category representations to
downsample the speech signal for our perceptual-cognitive systems. Such phonetic …

Transcranial direct current stimulation combined with listening to preferred music alters cortical speech processing in older adults

GM Bidelman, R Chow, A Noly-Gandon… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Emerging evidence suggests transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve
cognitive performance in older adults. Similarly, music listening may improve arousal and …

Continuous theta burst TMS of area MT+ impairs attentive motion tracking

A Chakraborty, TT Tran, AE Silva… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Attentive motion tracking deficits measured using multiple object tracking (MOT) tasks have
been identified in a number of neurodevelopmental disorders such as amblyopia and …