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Categorical speech representation in human superior temporal gyrus
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https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.2641Abstract
A continuum of acoustically varying speech sounds is not perceived as a continuum, but as distinct phonetic categories. Chang et al. recorded directly from human posterior superior temporal gyrus and found that this area has a similarly discontinuous coding of objectively continuous sound, matching perception and indicating higher-level processing.
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