title: Sound Perception: Rhythmic Brain Activity Really Is Important for Auditory Segregation.
abstract: A new study suggests that rhythmic brain activity plays a causal role in the perceptual segregation of sound patterns, rather than such activity simply being a non-functional by-product of sensory processing.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Mail Stop 5030, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5030, USA. Electronic address: joel.snyder@unlv.edu.
authors.forename: Joel S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Snyder
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001303:Auditory Cortex; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001921:Brain; D006309:Hearing; D006801:Humans; D010507:Periodicity; D013016:Sound