The encoding of speech sounds in the superior temporal gyrus

HG Yi, MK Leonard, EF Chang - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
The human superior temporal gyrus (STG) is critical for extracting meaningful linguistic
features from speech input. Local neural populations are tuned to acoustic-phonetic features …

Auditory processing in the human cortex: An intracranial electrophysiology perspective

KV Nourski - Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Direct electrophysiological recordings in epilepsy patients offer an opportunity to
study human auditory cortical processing with unprecedented spatiotemporal resolution …

Hierarchical encoding of attended auditory objects in multi-talker speech perception

J O'Sullivan, J Herrero, E Smith, C Schevon… - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Humans can easily focus on one speaker in a multi-talker acoustic environment, but how
different areas of the human auditory cortex (AC) represent the acoustic components of …

Distinct neural encoding of glimpsed and masked speech in multitalker situations

VS Raghavan, J O'Sullivan, S Bickel, AD Mehta… - Plos …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Humans can easily tune in to one talker in a multitalker environment while still picking up
bits of background speech; however, it remains unclear how we perceive speech that is …

Electrophysiology of the human superior temporal sulcus during speech processing

KV Nourski, M Steinschneider, AE Rhone… - Cerebral …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The superior temporal sulcus (STS) is a crucial hub for speech perception and can be
studied with high spatiotemporal resolution using electrodes targeting mesial temporal …

Common fronto-temporal effective connectivity in humans and monkeys

F Rocchi, H Oya, F Balezeau, AJ Billig, Z Kocsis… - Neuron, 2021 - cell.com
Human brain pathways supporting language and declarative memory are thought to have
differentiated substantially during evolution. However, cross-species comparisons are …

Cortical encoding of speech enhances task-relevant acoustic information

S Rutten, R Santoro, A Hervais-Adelman… - Nature human …, 2019 - nature.com
Speech is the most important signal in our auditory environment, and the processing of
speech is highly dependent on context. However, it is unknown how contextual demands …

Evidence for cue-independent spatial representation in the human auditory cortex during active listening

NC Higgins, SA McLaughlin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Few auditory functions are as important or as universal as the capacity for auditory spatial
awareness (eg, sound localization). That ability relies on sensitivity to acoustical cues …

Functional geometry of auditory cortical resting state networks derived from intracranial electrophysiology

MI Banks, BM Krause, DG Berger, DI Campbell… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Understanding central auditory processing critically depends on defining underlying
auditory cortical networks and their relationship to the rest of the brain. We addressed these …

Processing of auditory novelty across the cortical hierarchy: An intracranial electrophysiology study

KV Nourski, M Steinschneider, AE Rhone, H Kawasaki… - Neuroimage, 2018 - Elsevier
Under the predictive coding hypothesis, specific spatiotemporal patterns of cortical activation
are postulated to occur during sensory processing as expectations generate feedback …