Everyday conversation frequently includes challenges to the clarity of the acoustic speech
signal, including hearing impairment, background noise, and foreign accents. Although an …

Within the field of hearing science, pupillometry is a widely used method for quantifying
listening effort. Its use in research is growing exponentially, and many labs are (considering) …

The human superior temporal gyrus (STG) is critical for extracting meaningful linguistic
features from speech input. Local neural populations are tuned to acoustic-phonetic features …

The anatomy of language has been investigated with PET or fMRI for more than 20years.
Here I attempt to provide an overview of the brain areas associated with heard speech …

A landmark account of the neurobiological basis of language—arguing that species-specific
brain differences may be at the root of the human capacity for language. Language makes …

There is considerable interest in the structural and functional properties of the angular gyrus
(AG). Located in the posterior part of the inferior parietal lobule, the AG has been shown in …

Much research in cognitive neuroscience supports prediction as a canonical computation of
cognition across domains. Is such predictive coding implemented by feedback from higher …

This article presents a review of the effects of adverse conditions (ACs) on the perceptual,
linguistic, cognitive, and neurophysiological mechanisms underlying speech recognition …

Over the years, a large body of work on the brain basis of language comprehension has
accumulated, paving the way for the formulation of a comprehensive model. The model …

Abstract Language-processing functions follow heterogeneous developmental trajectories.
The human embryo can already distinguish vowels in utero, but grammatical complexity is …