It is generally accepted that a word's emotional valence (ie, whether a word is perceived as
positive, negative, or neutral) influences how it is accessed and remembered. There is also …

Abstract Slow neural oscillations (~ 1–15 Hz) are thought to orchestrate the neural
processes of spoken language comprehension. However, functional subdivisions within this …

Speech perception and comprehension are often challenged by the need to recognize
speech sounds that are degraded or ambiguous. Here, we explore the cognitive and neural …

There remain major doubts about the nature and domain specificity of inhibitory control
processes, both within and between cognitive domains. This study examined inhibitory …

The speech signal is rife with variations in phonetic ambiguity. For instance, when talkers
speak in a conversational register, they demonstrate less articulatory precision, leading to …

Evidence suggests that listeners use top-down information to guide perception of speech
sounds. A phenomenon termed 'perceptual learning for speech'shows that listeners also use …

Comprehending action words often engages similar brain regions to those involved in
perceiving and executing actions. This finding has been interpreted as support for grounding …

The neural systems of lexical tone processing have been studied for many years. However,
previous findings have been mixed with regard to the hemispheric specialization for the …

In spoken word recognition, subphonemic variation influences lexical activation, with sounds
near a category boundary increasing phonetic competition as well as lexical competition …

Spoken language comprehension is a fundamental component of our cognitive skills. We
are quite proficient at deciphering words from the auditory input despite the fact that the …