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

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue SEP2016, 2016, Pages

  Schomers, Malte R ^a   Pulvermüller, Friedemann ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Articulatory features; Embodied cognition; Motor cortex; Multivariate pattern analysis (MVPA); Sensorimotor integration of speech; Somatosensory cortex; Speech perception; Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FRONTOPARIETAL CORTEX; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NOISE; PHONEME; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84988649381     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2016.00435     Document Type: Review

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