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Speech versus song: multiple pitch-sensitive areas revealed by a naturally occurring musical illusion.
- A. Tierney, F. Dick, D. Deutsch, Marty Sereno
- Psychology, Medicine
- Cerebral cortex
- 1 February 2013
It is normally obvious to listeners whether a human vocalization is intended to be heard as speech or song. However, the 2 signals are remarkably similar acoustically. A naturally occurring boundary… Expand
The Ability to Move to a Beat Is Linked to the Consistency of Neural Responses to Sound
- A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 18 September 2013
The ability to synchronize movement to a steady beat is a fundamental skill underlying musical performance and has been studied for decades as a model of sensorimotor synchronization. Nevertheless,… Expand
Music training alters the course of adolescent auditory development
- A. Tierney, J. Krizman, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 20 July 2015
Significance We show that in-school music training changes the course of adolescent brain development. Relative to an active control group that shows the expected wane in subcortical response… Expand
Beat synchronization predicts neural speech encoding and reading readiness in preschoolers
- Kali Woodruff Carr, T. White-Schwoch, A. Tierney, D. Strait, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 22 September 2014
Significance Sensitivity to fine timing cues in speech is thought to play a key role in language learning, facilitating the development of phonological processing. In fact, a link between beat… Expand
Neural Entrainment to the Rhythmic Structure of Music
- A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Computer Science
- Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
- 1 February 2014
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Music training for the development of reading skills.
- A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Medicine
- Progress in brain research
- 2013
The beneficial effects of musical training are not limited to enhancement of musical skills, but extend to language skills. Here, we review evidence that musical training can enhance reading ability.… Expand
Auditory-motor entrainment and phonological skills: precise auditory timing hypothesis (PATH)
- A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Computer Science, Medicine
- Front. Hum. Neurosci.
- 10 October 2014
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The ability to tap to a beat relates to cognitive, linguistic, and perceptual skills
- A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Medicine
- Brain and Language
- 1 March 2013
Reading-impaired children have difficulty tapping to a beat. Here we tested whether this relationship between reading ability and synchronized tapping holds in typically-developing adolescents. We… Expand
The motor origins of human and avian song structure
- A. Tierney, F. Russo, A. Patel
- Psychology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 29 August 2011
Human song exhibits great structural diversity, yet certain aspects of melodic shape (how pitch is patterned over time) are widespread. These include a predominance of arch-shaped and descending… Expand
Beat Synchronization across the Lifespan: Intersection of Development and Musical Experience
- Elaine C. Thompson, T. White-Schwoch, A. Tierney, N. Kraus
- Psychology, Medicine
- PloS one
- 24 June 2015
Rhythmic entrainment, or beat synchronization, provides an opportunity to understand how multiple systems operate together to integrate sensory-motor information. Also, synchronization is an… Expand