Fig. 2.
Subcortical enhancement of predictable speech in musicians. (A) Group average responses for musicians (left) and nonmusicians (right) in predictable (grey) and variable (black) stimulus conditions. (B) Grand average spectra and (C) corresponding frequency amplitude bar graphs for the predictable and variable conditions for the fundamental frequency (F0) and its harmonics (H2–H5). (D) Musicians, but not nonmusicians, demonstrate enhanced subcortical representation of the fundamental frequency (F0) in the predictable condition relative to the variable condition. *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; error bars represent 1 standard error.