Human speech perception results from neural computations that transform external acoustic
speech signals into internal representations of words. The superior temporal gyrus (STG) …

In this paper we present a novel theory of the cognitive and neural processes by which
adults learn new spoken words. This proposal builds on neurocomputational accounts of …

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language provides an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and
pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in this exciting field. It …

Humans in different cultures develop a similar capacity to recognize the emotional signals of
diverse facial expressions. This capacity is mediated by a brain network that involves …

This paper focuses on the cognitive and neural mechanisms of speech perception: the rapid,
and highly automatic processes by which complex time-varying speech signals are …

The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is the chameleon of the human brain. Several research
areas claim the STS as the host brain region for their particular behavior of interest. Some …

An illusion is explored in which a spoken phrase is perceptually transformed to sound like
song rather than speech, simply by repeating it several times over. In experiment I, subjects …

Within the cognitive neuroscience literature, discussion of the functional role of the superior
temporal sulcus (STS) has traditionally been divided into two domains; one focuses on its …

The idea that speech processing relies on unique, encapsulated, domain-specific
mechanisms has been around for some time. Another well-known idea, often espoused as …

Listening to speech modulates activity in human motor cortex. It is unclear, however,
whether the motor cortex has an essential role in speech perception. Here, we aimed to …