ERP correlates of phoneme perception in speech and sound contexts

Autor: Jean-Luc Nespoulous, B. Doyon, Josette Pastor, Pierre Celsis, Kader Boulanouar, Jean-François Démonet
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: NeuroReport. 10:1523-1527
ISSN: 0959-4965
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-199905140-00024
Popis: To address the question of the existence of a phonetic module for speech perception, event-related potentials were recorded using a 32 channel system in subjects performing a detection task where the target was the ambiguous, noise-like phoneme /f/ presented either among syllables (speech context) or among environmental sounds (non-speech context). Significant context effects were observed on the N2/P3 complex elicited by the target. In particular, a well localized N2b (250-280 ms) appeared at the left temporoparietal sites on the difference wave between contexts as the result of an enhanced negativity when the target was presented among non-speech stimuli. These findings suggest the involvement of the left temporoparietal region in autonomous, modular processes of speech perception.
Databáze: OpenAIRE