Neural Mechanisms of Perceptual Categorization as Precursors to Speech Perception

• Main Author: Lynne E. Bernstein (auth)
• Other Authors: Einat Liebenthal (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; Audiovisual processing; Neuroimaging; category learning; auditory processing; Phonemic perception; Speech Perception; Categorization; Neural mechanism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Perceptual categorization is fundamental to the brain's remarkable ability to process large amounts of sensory information and efficiently recognize objects including speech. Perceptual categorization is the neural bridge between lower-level sensory and higher-level language processing. A long...