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Maps and streams in the auditory cortex: nonhuman primates illuminate human speech processing

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Rauschecker, Josef P, Scott, Sophie K·2009·Nature Neuroscience
DOI 10.1038/nn.2331PMC PMC2846110
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Speech and language are considered uniquely human abilities: animals have communication systems, but they do not match human linguistic skills in terms of recursive structure and combinatorial power. Yet, in evolution, spoken language must have emerged from neural mechanisms at least partially available in animals. In this paper, we will demonstrate how our understanding of speech perception, one important facet of language, has profited from findings and theory in nonhuman primate studies. Chief among these are physiological and anatomical studies showing that primate auditory cortex, across species, shows patterns of hierarchical structure, topographic mapping and streams of functional processing. We will identify roles for different cortical areas in the perceptual processing of speech and review functional imaging work in humans that bears on our understanding of how the brain decodes and monitors speech. A new model connects structures in the temporal, frontal and parietal lobes linking speech perception and production.

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Rauschecker, J. P., & Scott, S. K.
Affiliations
  • Georgetown University Medical Center (US)
  • University College London (GB)
Corresponding author
  • Rauschecker, Josef P
  • Scott, Sophie K
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Venue
Nature Neuroscience
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2009-05-26
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
718-724
ISSN
  • 1097-6256 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1726
DOI
10.1038/nn.2331
PMC
PMC2846110
OpenAlex
W2109023847
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5.74
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Language
en
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  • Nature Neuroscience (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (090961, WT074414MA, 074414)
  • National Trust for Historic Preservation
  • National Eye Institute (R01EY018923)
  • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC003489, RC1DC010720)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS52494, R01NS052494)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
Keywords
speech perception, auditory cortex, non-human primates, species-specific vocalizations, topographic mapping, hierarchical auditory processing, language evolution, speech production, temporal lobe, frontal lobe, parietal lobe, primate communication
MeSH terms
Anatomy, Comparative, Animals, Auditory Cortex, Auditory Pathways, Brain Mapping, Biological Evolution, Humans, Models, Neurological, Nerve Net, Primates, Speech Perception

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