Ok. I& #39;m gonna come out and say it. I think neural oscillations are the 2010s equivalent of mirror neurons. Real, but not doing all the work people think they are. I& #39;m willing to be convinced otherwise but the more I look the more confident I get that there& #39;s not much there.

[waits for backlash pile on...]

Here& #39;s another way of expressing my doubt: pick any entrainment paradigm. In the middle of the entrainment at a random phase I say a word at 80 dB. Listener comprehends every time. What are the mechanisms that enable that entrainment override? Isn& #39;t that the real driver?