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Laura Fernández-Merino

@laufdezlaura

PhD Candidate at Infant Language and Cognition group at BCBL. Also part of Brain Rhythms and Cognition group. - Early language acquisition, rhythm, oscillations, and speech-brain synchronization w/ cute bilingual babies - M/EEG 🧠

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@sarahjessen.bsky.social of the Babylab @uniluebeck.bsky.social took Martin Orf and me from the @jonasobleser.bsky.social lab along an intriguing journey into the neural fate and consequences of a mother‘s voice in her infant’s brain. Under review now. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

04.04.2025 11:54 👍 16 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0
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Temporal Structure of Music Improves the Cortical Encoding of Speech This study demonstrates that regular musical rhythms can act as a temporal guide for brain oscillations, enhancing synchronization with the speech envelope. This effect was observed across different ...

Happy to share my very first first-author paper! In this study, we show that rhythms can shape how our brains track speech (in very simple words). Work with Marina Kalashnikova, @nicolaml.bsky.social and Mikel Lizarazu.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

25.03.2025 09:17 👍 35 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0