Speech is defined by theta-gamma coupled acoustic rhythms, mapped onto segregated populations in human early auditory cortex
Víctor J. López‐Madrona, Jérémy Giroud, Manuel R. Mercier, Leonardo Lancia, Bruno Lucio Giordano, Agnès Trébuchon, David Poeppel, Anne‐Lise Giraud, Luc H. Arnal, Benjamin Morillon
The paper shows that theta-gamma rhythms in human auditory cortex reflect speech acoustics, with distinct neural populations processing different speech timescales.
bioRxiv · Oct 22, 2025 · PreprintNeuroscience