Speech offsets activate the right parietal cortex.
Speech offsets, i.e., sudden transitions from continuous speech sound to silence, activated both hemispheres differently. In addition to peak activities in the bilateral temporal cortices at about 120 ms after the offsets, the right parietal cortex was activated later irrespective of the stimulated ear. The result was discussed in the context of auditory attention.
Hamada
Takashi
T
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Kansai Centre, 1-8-31, Midoriga-oka, Ikeda 563-8577, Osaka, Japan. hamada-takashi@aist.go.jp
Iwaki
Sunao
S
Kawano
Tsuneo
T
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015225:Magnetoencephalography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology