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Do Not Forget the Stimulus: A Missing Control in Naturalistic Studies of Neural Entrainment

  • Víctor López-Madrona
  • Jacques Pesnot Lerousseau
  • Benjamin Morillon
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Abstract

A main question in cognitive neuroscience is whether brain rhythms during speech perception reflect intrinsic neural oscillations or simply responses evoked by the acoustic signal. A recent intracranial study interpreted persistent auditory activity after acoustic edges as evidence for entrainment. We show that a similar rhythmic pattern is already present in the speech stimulus itself, supporting an evoked-response account instead. This highlights the need for routine stimulus-signal analyses as a critical control in studies of naturalistic speech processing.

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@article{lopezmadrona2026forget,
  title = {{Do Not Forget the Stimulus: A Missing Control in Naturalistic Studies of Neural Entrainment}},
  author = {Víctor López-Madrona and Jacques Pesnot Lerousseau and Benjamin Morillon},
  journal = {eNeuro},
  year = {2026},
  month = jun,
  doi = {10.1523/eneuro.0451-25.2026},
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-05776293v1},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Do Not Forget the Stimulus: A Missing Control in Naturalistic Studies of Neural Entrainment
AU  - Víctor López-Madrona
AU  - Jacques Pesnot Lerousseau
AU  - Benjamin Morillon
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/06/26
JO  - eNeuro
DO  - 10.1523/eneuro.0451-25.2026
UR  - https://hal.science/hal-05776293v1
AB  - A main question in cognitive neuroscience is whether brain rhythms during speech perception reflect intrinsic neural oscillations or simply responses evoked by the acoustic signal. A recent intracranial study interpreted persistent auditory activity after acoustic edges as evidence for entrainment. We show that a similar rhythmic pattern is already present in the speech stimulus itself, supporting an evoked-response account instead. This highlights the need for routine stimulus-signal analyses as a critical control in studies of naturalistic speech processing.
SN  - 2373-2822
ER  -