Linguistics and Languages

Phonemic segmentation of narrative speech in human cerebral cortex

X. L. Gong, A. G. Huth, et al.

Discover groundbreaking insights into phonemic processing with this fMRI study, revealing that the cortical regions involved are more extensive than previously believed. Conducted by Xue L. Gong, Alexander G. Huth, Fatma Deniz, Keith Johnson, Jack L. Gallant, and Frédéric E. Theunissen, this research uncovers the complexities of diphones and triphones representation in the brain, challenging existing notions about word retrieval and auditory perception.