Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Neural attentional-filter mechanisms of listening success in middle-aged and older individuals

  • Sarah Tune,
  • Mohsen Alavash,
  • Lorenz Fiedler,
  • Jonas Obleser

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24771-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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Successful listening requires attentional filtering into behaviourally relevant and irrelevant sounds. Here, the authors demonstrate the role of neural speech tracking over alpha lateralization as a potential neural marker of an individual’s adaptive listening behaviour.