Beat synchronization predicts neural speech encoding and reading readiness in preschoolers
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Edited* by Michael Merzenich, Brain Plasticity Institute, San Francisco, CA, and approved August 21, 2014 (received for review April 3, 2014)

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- Published in issue October 7, 2014.
- Published first September 22, 2014.
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- Kali Woodruff Carra,b,
- Travis White-Schwocha,b,
- Adam T. Tierneya,b,
- Dana L. Straita,1, and
- Nina Krausa,b,c,d,2
- aAuditory Neuroscience Laboratory and
- Departments of bCommunication Sciences,
- cNeurobiology and Physiology, and
- dOtolaryngology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208
Edited* by Michael Merzenich, Brain Plasticity Institute, San Francisco, CA, and approved August 21, 2014 (received for review April 3, 2014)
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↵1Present address: Neural Systems Laboratory, Institute for Systems Research, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742.
- ↵2To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: nkraus{at}northwestern.edu.
Author contributions: T.W.-S., D.L.S., and N.K. designed research; K.W.C. performed research; A.T.T. contributed new reagents/analytic tools; K.W.C. and T.W.-S. analyzed data; and K.W.C., T.W.-S., A.T.T., D.L.S., and N.K. wrote the paper.
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
↵*This Direct Submission article had a prearranged editor.
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