Is the sensorimotor cortex relevant for speech perception and understanding? An integrative review

In the neuroscience of language, phonemes are frequently described as multimodal units whose neuronal representations are distributed across perisylvian cortical regions, including auditory and sensorimotor areas. A different position views phonemes primarily as acoustic entities with posterior temp...

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Main Authors: Malte R. Schomers, Friedemann Pulvermüller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2016.00435/full