TY - JOUR
T1 - Working-Memory, Alpha-Theta Oscillations and Musical Training in Older Age
T2 - Research Perspectives for Speech-on-speech Perception
AU - Gray, Ryan
AU - Sarampalis, Anastasios
AU - Başkent, Deniz
AU - Harding, Eleanor E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Dorhout Mees Foundation, the Gratama Foundation, Heinsus Houbolt Funds, and the VICI Grant No. 016.VICI.170.111 from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Gray, Sarampalis, Başkent and Harding.
PY - 2022/5/11
Y1 - 2022/5/11
N2 - During the normal course of aging, perception of speech-on-speech or "cocktail party" speech and use of working memory (WM) abilities change. Musical training, which is a complex activity that integrates multiple sensory modalities and higher-order cognitive functions, reportedly benefits both WM performance and speech-on-speech perception in older adults. This mini-review explores the relationship between musical training, WM and speech-on-speech perception in older age (> 65 years) through the lens of the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model. Linking neural-oscillation literature associating speech-on-speech perception and WM with alpha-theta oscillatory activity, we propose that two stages of speech-on-speech processing in the ELU are underpinned by WM-related alpha-theta oscillatory activity, and that effects of musical training on speech-on-speech perception may be reflected in these frequency bands among older adults.
AB - During the normal course of aging, perception of speech-on-speech or "cocktail party" speech and use of working memory (WM) abilities change. Musical training, which is a complex activity that integrates multiple sensory modalities and higher-order cognitive functions, reportedly benefits both WM performance and speech-on-speech perception in older adults. This mini-review explores the relationship between musical training, WM and speech-on-speech perception in older age (> 65 years) through the lens of the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model. Linking neural-oscillation literature associating speech-on-speech perception and WM with alpha-theta oscillatory activity, we propose that two stages of speech-on-speech processing in the ELU are underpinned by WM-related alpha-theta oscillatory activity, and that effects of musical training on speech-on-speech perception may be reflected in these frequency bands among older adults.
KW - alpha
KW - musical training
KW - older adults
KW - speech-on-speech perception
KW - theta
KW - working memory
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U2 - 10.3389/fnagi.2022.806439
DO - 10.3389/fnagi.2022.806439
M3 - Review article
C2 - 35645774
SN - 1663-4365
VL - 14
JO - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
JF - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
M1 - 806439
ER -