Speech comprehension requires rapid online processing of a continuous acoustic signal to
extract structure and meaning. Previous studies on sentence comprehension have found …

Speech perception involves the integration of sensory input with expectations based on the
context of that speech. Much debate surrounds the issue of whether or not prior knowledge …

In speech comprehension, the processing of auditory information and linguistic context are
mutually dependent. This functional magnetic resonance imaging study examines how …

When listening to speech, our brain responses time lock to acoustic events in the stimulus.
Recent studies have also reported that cortical responses track linguistic representations of …

The ability to selectively attend to a speech signal amid competing sounds is a significant
challenge, especially for listeners trying to comprehend non-native speech. Attention is …

Abstract Language comprehension requires that single words be grouped into syntactic
phrases, as words in sentences are too many to memorize individually. In speech, acoustic …

During speech listening, the brain could use contextual predictions to optimize sensory
sampling and processing. We asked if such predictive processing is organized dynamically …

Recent psychophysics data suggest that speech perception is not limited by the capacity of
the auditory system to encode fast acoustic variations through neural γ activity, but rather by …

Humans excel at understanding speech even in adverse conditions such as background
noise. Speech processing may be aided by cortical activity in the delta and theta frequency …

Under adverse listening conditions, speech comprehension profits from the expectancies
that listeners derive from the semantic context. However, the neurocognitive mechanisms of …