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Peer-reviewed publications
*Authors contributed equally to the work.
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2022
Cabral-Calderin, Y. & Henry, M. J. Reliability of neural entrainment in the human auditory system. The Journal of Neuroscience, 42(5), 894–908.
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2021
Henry, M. J., Cook, P. F., de Reus, K., Nityananda, V., Rouse, A. A., & Kotz, S. A. An ecological approach to measuring synchronization abilities across the animal kingdom. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 376(1835), 20200336.
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Keitel, C., Obleser, J., Jessen, S., & Henry, M. J. Frequency-Specific Effects in Infant Electroencephalograms Do Not Require Entrained Neural Oscillations: A Commentary on Köster et al. (2019). Psychological Science, 32(6), 966-971.
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Samuels, B., Grahn, J. A., Henry, M. J., & MacDougall-Shackleton. European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) discriminate rhythms by rate, not temporal patterns. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149(4), 2546-2558.
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2019
Chen, J., Sperandio, I., Henry, M. J., & Goodale, M. A. Changing the real viewing distance reveals the temporal evolution of size constancy in visual cortex. Current Biology, 29(13), 2237–2243.e4.
Harding, E. E., Sammler, D.*, Henry, M. J.*, Large, E., & Kotz, S. Cortical tracking of rhythm in speech and music. NeuroImage, 185(15), 96–101.
Baese-Berk, M. M., Dilley, L. C., Henry, M. J., Vinke, L., & Banzina, E. Not just a function of function words: Distal speech rate affects perception of prosodically weak syllables. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 81(2), 571–589.
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2018
Wilsch, A., Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., Herrmann, C. S. & Obleser, J. Temporal expectation modulates the cortical dynamics of short-term memory. The Journal of Neuroscience, 38, 7428–7439.
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2017
Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., Kunke, D., & Obleser, J. Aging affects the balance of neural entrainment and top-down neural modulation in the listening brain. Nature Communications, 8, doi:10.1038/ncomms15801.
Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., & Grahn, J. A. What can we learn about beat perception by comparing brain signals and stimulus envelopes? PLOS One, 12, e0172454
Obleser, J.*, Henry, M. J.*, & Lakatos, P.* What do we talk about when we talk about rhythm? PLOS Biology, 15, e2002794
Meyer, L., Henry, M. J., Schmuck, N., Gaston, P., & Friederici, A. D. Linguistic bias modulates interpretation of speech via neural delta-band oscillations. Cerebral Cortex, 27, 4291–4302
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2016
Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., & Obleser, J. Neural microstates govern perception of auditory input without rhythmic structure. The Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 860–871.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Haegens, S., & Obleser, J. Temporal expectations and neural amplitude fluctuations in auditory cortex interactively influence perception. NeuroImage, 124, 487–497.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Johnsrude, I. S., & Obleser, J. Altered temporal dynamics of neural adaptation in the aging human auditory cortex. Neurobiology of Aging, 45, 10–22.
Scharinger, M., Bendixen, A., Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Mildner, T., & Obleser, J. Predictions interact with missing sensory evidence in semantic processing areas. Human Brain Mapping, 37, 704–716.
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2015
Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., & Obleser, J. Selective attention to temporal features on nested time scales. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 450–459
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Fromboluti, E. K., McAuley, J. D., & Obleser, J. Statistical context shapes stimulus-specific adaptation in human auditory cortex. Journal of Neurophysiology, 113, 2582–2591.
Scharinger, M., Henry, M. J., & Obleser, J. Acoustic cue selection and discrimination under degradation: Differential contributions of inferior parietal and posterior temporal cortex. NeuroImage, 106, 373–381.
Strauß, A., Henry, M. J., Scharinger, M., & Obleser, J. Alpha phase determines successful lexical decision in noise. The Journal of Neuroscience, 35, 3256–3262. [OA]
Wilsch, A., Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., Maess, B., Obleser, J. Alpha oscillatory dynamics index temporal expectation benefits in working memory. Cerebral Cortex, 25, 1938–1946. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhu004.
Wilsch, A., Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., Maess, B., & Obleser, J. Slow-delta phase concentration marks improved temporal expectations based on the passage of time. Psychophysiology, 52, 910–918.
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2014
Henry, M. J., Herrmann, B., & Obleser, J. Entrained neural oscillations in multiple frequency bands comodulate behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, 111(41), 14935–14940.
Henry, M. J. & Herrmann, B. Low-frequency neural oscillations support dynamic attending in temporal context. Timing and Time Perception, 2, 62–86.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Scharinger, M., & Obleser, J. Supplementary motor area activations predict individual differences in temporal-change sensitivity and its illusory distortions. NeuroImage, 101, 370–379.
Scharinger, M., Henry, M. J., Erb, J., Meyer, L. & Obleser, J. Thalamic and parietal brain morphology predicts auditory category learning. Neuropsychologia, 53, 75–83.
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2013
Henry, M. J. & Obleser, J. Dissociable neural response signatures for slow amplitude and frequency modulation in human auditory cortex. PLOS One, 8(10), e78758.
Henry, M. J. & McAuley, J. D. Perceptual distortions in pitch and time reveal active prediction and support for an auditory pitch-motion hypothesis. PLOS One, 8(8), e70646.
Henry, M. J. & McAuley, J. D. Failure to apply signal detection theory to the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia may misdiagnose amusia. Music Perception, 30(5), 480–496.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Grigutsch, M., & Obleser, J. Oscillatory phase precision in neural entrainment underpins illusory percepts of time. The Journal of Neuroscience. 33(40), 15799-15809.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., Scharinger, M., & Obleser, J. Auditory filter width affects response magnitude but not frequency specificity in auditory cortex. Hearing Research, 304, 128–136.
Herrmann, B., Henry, M. J., & Obleser, J. Frequency-specific adaptation in human auditory cortex depends on the spectral variance in the acoustic stimulation. Journal of Neurophysiology, 109(8), 2086–2096.
Erb, J., Henry, M. J., Eisner, F., & Obleser, J. The brain dynamics of rapid perceptual adaptation to adverse listening conditions. The Journal of Neuroscience, 33(26), 10688–10697.
Scharinger, M., Henry, M. J., & Obleser, J. Prior experience with negative spectral correlations promotes information integration during auditory category learning. Memory & Cognition, 41, 52–768.
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2012
Henry, M. J. & Obleser, J. Frequency modulation entrains slow neural oscillations and optimizes human listening behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 109(49), 20095–20100.
Henry, M. J.* & Herrmann, B.* A precluding role of low-frequency oscillations for auditory perception in a continuous processing mode (Journal Club). The Journal of Neuroscience, 32(49), 17525–17527.
Erb, J., Henry, M. J., Eisner, F., & Obleser, J. Auditory skills and brain morphology predict individual differences in adaptation to degraded speech. Neuropsychologia, 50(9), 2154–2164.
McAuley, J. D., Henry, M. J., & Tkach, J. Tempo mediates the involvement of motor areas in beat perception. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1252, 77-84.
McAuley, J. D., Henry, M. J., Wedd, A. Pleskac, T. J., & Cesario, J. Effects of musicality and motivational orientation on auditory perceptual category learning: A test of a regulatory fit hypothesis. Memory and Cognition, 40(2), 231-251.
Obleser, J., Herrmann, B., & Henry, M. J. Neural oscillations in speech: Don’t be enslaved by the envelope. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 6, 10.3389/fnhum.2012.00250.
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2011
Henry, M. J. & McAuley, J. D. Velocity perception for sounds moving in frequency space. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 73(1), 172-188.
McAuley, J. D., Henry, M. J., & Tuft, S. Musician advantages in music perception: An issue of motivation, not just ability. Music Perception, 28(5), 505-518.
Grahn, J. A., Henry, M. J., & McAuley, J. D. FMRI investigation of cross-modal interactions in rhythm perception: Audition primes vision, but not vice versa. NeuroImage, 54(2), 1231-1243.
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2010
Henry, M. J. & McAuley, J. D. On the prevalence of congenital amusia. Music Perception, 27(5), 413-418.
McAuley, J. D. & Henry, M. J. Modality effects in rhythm processing: Auditory encoding of visual rhythms is neither obligatory nor automatic. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 72, 1377-1389.
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2009
Henry, M. J. & McAuley, J. D. Evaluation of an imputed pitch velocity model of the auditory kappa effect. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35(2), 551-564.
Henry, M. J., McAuley, J. D., & Zaleha, M. F. Evaluation of an imputed pitch velocity model of the auditory tau effect. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics, 71(6), 1399-1413.
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Book Chapters
Henry, M. J. & Grahn, J. A. Music, brain, and movement: Time, beat, and rhythm. In The Routledge Companion to Music Cognition, Richard Ashley and Renee Timmers (Eds.).