Phonological grammar shapes the auditory cortex: A functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Jacquemot, C., Pallier, C., LeBihan, D., Dehaene, S., & Dupoux, E. J Neurosci, 23(29):9541-6, 2003.
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Languages differ depending on the set of basic sounds they use (the inventory of consonants and vowels) and on the way in which these sounds can be combined to make up words and phrases (phonological grammar). Previous research has shown that our inventory of consonants and vowels affects the way in which our brains decode foreign sounds (Goto, 1971; Näätänen et al., 1997; Kuhl, 2000). Here, we show that phonological grammar has an equally potent effect. We build on previous research, which shows that stimuli that are phonologically ungrammatical are assimilated to the closest grammatical form in the language (Dupoux et al., 1999). In a cross-linguistic design using French and Japanese participants and a fast event-related functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) paradigm, we show that phonological grammar involves the left superior temporal and the left anterior supramarginal gyri, two regions previously associated with the processing of human vocal sounds.
@Article{Jacquemot2003,
  author   = {Charlotte Jacquemot and Christophe Pallier and Denis LeBihan and Stanislas Dehaene and Emmanuel Dupoux},
  journal  = {J Neurosci},
  title    = {Phonological grammar shapes the auditory cortex: {A} functional magnetic resonance imaging study.},
  year     = {2003},
  number   = {29},
  pages    = {9541-6},
  volume   = {23},
  abstract = {Languages differ depending on the set of basic sounds they use (the
	inventory of consonants and vowels) and on the way in which these
	sounds can be combined to make up words and phrases (phonological
	grammar). Previous research has shown that our inventory of consonants
	and vowels affects the way in which our brains decode foreign sounds
	(Goto, 1971; N\"a\"at\"anen et al., 1997; Kuhl, 2000). Here, we show that
	phonological grammar has an equally potent effect. We build on previous
	research, which shows that stimuli that are phonologically ungrammatical
	are assimilated to the closest grammatical form in the language (Dupoux
	et al., 1999). In a cross-linguistic design using French and Japanese
	participants and a fast event-related functional magnetic resonance
	imaging (fMRI) paradigm, we show that phonological grammar involves
	the left superior temporal and the left anterior supramarginal gyri,
	two regions previously associated with the processing of human vocal
	sounds.},
  keywords = {Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Auditory Cortex, Comparative Study, Human, Language, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Phonetics, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Verbal Behavior, 14573533},
}

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