title: Speech perception: linking comprehension across a cortical network.
abstract: Listening to speech amidst noise is facilitated by a variety of cues, including the predictable use of certain words in certain contexts. A recent fMRI study of the interaction between noise and semantic predictability has identified a cortical network involved in speech comprehension.
authors.affiliation: Program in Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Green Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA. asifg@princeton.edu <asifg@princeton.edu>
authors.forename: Asif A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ghazanfar
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Pinsk
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D032882:Comprehension / Q000502:physiology*; D003463:Cues; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000502:physiology*; D009622:Noise; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D014796:Visual Perception