Human auditory cortex preferentially tracks speech over music without explicit attention
Rajvi K. Agravat, Maansi Desai, Alyssa M Field, Sandra F. Georges, Jacob P. Leisawitz, Gabrielle Foox, Saman Asghar, Dave Clarke, Elizabeth C. Tyler‐Kabara, M. Omar Iqbal, Andrew J. Watrous, Anne E. Anderson, Howard L. Weiner, Liberty S. Hamilton
The paper shows that human auditory cortex preferentially tracks speech over music in children and adolescents without explicit attention, with speech-bias strengthening in the superior temporal gyrus with age.
bioRxiv · Mar 13, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience