The adult brain can efficiently track both lower-level (i.e., syllable) and higher-level (i.e., phrase) linguistic structures to comprehend speech. When children actively or passively listened to speech, we found robust neural tracking of syllabic structure but marginally significant tracking of phrasal structure.
Keywords: children; linguistic structure; magnetoencephalography; speech comprehension.
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