Human speech perception is a paradigm example of the complexity of human linguistic
processing; however, it is also the dominant way of expressing vocal identity and is critically …

The brain is constantly generating predictions of future sensory input to enable efficient
adaptation. In the auditory domain, this applies also to the processing of speech. Here we …

Cognitive reserve is the ability to actively cope with brain deterioration and delay cognitive
decline in neurodegenerative diseases. It operates by optimizing performance through …

The classical neural model of language refers to a cortical network involving frontal, parietal
and temporal regions. However, patients with subcortical lesions of the striatum have …

The present study investigated whether listeners can form abstract voice representations
while ignoring constantly changing phonological information and if they can use the …

As the evidence of predictive processes playing a role in a wide variety of cognitive domains
increases, the brain as a predictive machine becomes a central idea in neuroscience. In …

By the end of their first year of life, infants have become experts in discriminating the sounds
of their native language, while they have lost the ability to discriminate non-native contrasts …

This study examined whether the phonological substitution rule of tone sandhi modulates
tone perception in the preattentive stage. Tone sandhi is commonly present in East Asian …

Abstract Language-specific and context-dependent phonological rules of lexical tone are
prevalent in tone languages. Such rules are commonly referred to as tone sandhi. One of the …

A listener's judgement on the perceptual distance between two sounds usually draws on
their psychoacoustic difference, but can also be subject to L1-specific perception. This study …