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Speech-sound discrimination in neonates as measured with MEG

Kujala, A ; Huotilainen, M ; Hotakainen, M ; Lennes, M ; Parkkonen, L ; Fellman, Vineta LU orcid and Naatanen, R (2004) In NeuroReport 15(13). p.2089-2092
Abstract
Magnetic brain responses to speech sounds were measured in 10 healthy neonates. The stimulation consisted of a frequent vowel sound [a] with a steady pitch contour, which was occasionally replaced by the vowel [i:] with a steady pitch, or the vowel [a] with a rising pitch, manifesting a change of intonation. The magnetic mismatch-negativity response (MMNm) was obtained and successfully modelled to the speech sound quality change in all infants and to the intonation change in 6 infants. The present results indicate that auditory-cortex speech-sound discrimination may well be studied with magnetic recordings as early as in newborn infants.
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mismatch negativity, magnetoencephalography, MEG, neonate, speech sound
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NeuroReport
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15
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13
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2089 - 2092
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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
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  • wos:000225141200018
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1473-558X
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English
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  author       = {{Kujala, A and Huotilainen, M and Hotakainen, M and Lennes, M and Parkkonen, L and Fellman, Vineta and Naatanen, R}},
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  keywords     = {{mismatch negativity; magnetoencephalography; MEG; neonate; speech sound}},
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  publisher    = {{Lippincott Williams & Wilkins}},
  series       = {{NeuroReport}},
  title        = {{Speech-sound discrimination in neonates as measured with MEG}},
  volume       = {{15}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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