Title
A 7T fMRI study investigating the influence of oscillatory phase on syllable representations.
Abstract
Stimulus categorization is influenced by oscillations in the brain. For example, we have shown that ongoing oscillatory phase biases identification of an ambiguous syllable that can either be perceived as /da/ or /ga/. This suggests that phase is a cue for the brain to determine syllable identity and this cue could be an element of the representation of these syllables. If so, brain activation patterns for /da/ should be more unique when the syllable is presented at the /da/ biasing (i.e. its “preferred”) phase. To test this hypothesis we presented non-ambiguous /da/ and /ga/ syllables at either their preferred or non-preferred phase (using sensory entrainment) while measuring 7T fMRI. Using multivariate pattern analysis in auditory regions we show that syllable decoding performance is higher when syllables are presented at their preferred compared to their non-preferred phase. These results suggest that phase information increases the distinctiveness of /da/ and /ga/ brain activation patterns.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.07.011
NeuroImage
Keywords
Field
DocType
Language,Oscillations,Phase,fMRI,Temporal statistics
Auditory cortex,Brain mapping,Developmental psychology,Phonetics,Psychology,Speech recognition,Syllable,Speech perception,Stimulus (physiology),Sensory system,Perception
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
141
1053-8119
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sanne ten Oever1102.97
Lars Hausfeld2264.53
J. M. Correia300.34
Nienke van Atteveldt441.60
Elia Formisano577858.91
Alexander T. Sack63410.90