Formant Space Reconstruction From Brain Activity in Frontal and Temporal Regions Coding for Heard Vowels.

ABSTRACT: Classical studies have isolated a distributed network of temporal and frontal areas engaged in the neural representation of speech perception and production. With modern literature arguing against unique roles for these cortical regions, different theories have favored either neural code-sharing or cortical space-sharing, thus trying to explain the intertwined spatial and functional organization of motor and acoustic components across the fronto-temporal cortical network. In this context, the focus of attention has recently shifted toward specific model fitting, aimed at motor and/or acoustic space reconstruction in brain activity within the language network. Here, we tested a model based on acoustic properties (formants), and one based on motor properties (articulation parameters), where

SUBMITTER: Rampinini AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383050 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature