
The majority of neural responses are shared between natural speech and music processing, with selectivity restricted to distributed and frequency-specific coherent oscillations.


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To what extent does speech and music processing rely on domain-specific and domain-general neural networks? Using whole-brain intracranial EEG recordings in 18 epilepsy patients listening to natural, continuous speech or music, we investigated the presence of frequency-specific and network-level brain activity. We combined it with a statistical approach in which a clear operational distinction is made between shared , preferred, and domain- selective neural responses. We show that the majority of focal and network-level neural activity is shared between speech and music processing. Our data also reveal an absence of anatomical regional selectivity. Instead, domain-selective neural responses are restricted to distributed and frequency-specific coherent oscillations, typical of spectral fingerprints. Our work highlights the importance of considering natural stimuli and brain dynamics in their full complexity to map cognitive and brain functions.

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Speech and music recruit frequency-specific distributed and overlapping cortical networks

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Shared and Frequency-Specific Neural Networks Underlie Speech and Music Processing in the Human Brain
