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Cortical Correlates of the Auditory Frequency-Following and Onset Responses: EEG and fMRI Evidence.

Emily B J CoffeyGabriella MusacchiaRobert J Zatorre
Published in: The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience (2017)
The frequency-following response (FFR) is an EEG signal that is used to explore how the auditory system encodes temporal regularities in sound and is related to differences in auditory function between individuals. It is known that brainstem nuclei contribute to the FFR, but recent findings of an additional cortical source are more controversial. Here, we use fMRI to validate and extend the prediction from MEG data of a right auditory cortex contribution to the FFR. We also demonstrate a dissociation between FFR-related cortical activity from that related to the latency of the response to sound onset, which is found in left auditory cortex. The findings provide a clearer picture of cortical processes for analysis of sound features.
Keyphrases
  • functional connectivity
  • resting state
  • working memory
  • hearing loss
  • machine learning
  • big data