The Perception of Speech from sound to meaning

This book presents the work of leading researchers specializing in a wide range of topics within speech perception and language processing - along with contributions from key researchers in neuroanatomy and functional neuro-imaging. This important new work cuts across the traditional boundaries and fosters crossdisciplinary interactions in this important and rapidly developing area of the biological and cognitive sciences.

1. Introduction: the perception of speech: from sound to meaning, Brian C J Moore, Lorraine K Tyler & William Marslen-Wilson2. Neural representation of spectral and temporal information in speech, Eric D Young3. Basic auditory processes involved in the analysis of speech sounds, Brian C J Moore4. Acoustic and auditory phonetics: the adaptive design of speech sound systems, Randy L Diehl5. Early language acquisition: phonetic and word learning, neural substrates, and a theoretical model, Patricia K Kuhl6. The processing of audio-visual speech: empirical and neural bases, Ruth Campbell7. Listening to speech in the presence of other sounds, Christopher J Darwin8. Functional imaging of the audiotry processing applied to speech sounds, Roy D Patterson & Ingrid S Johnsrude9. Fronto-temporal brain systems supporting spoken language comprehension, Lorraine K Tyler & William Marslen-Wilson10. The fractrionation of spoken language understanding by measuring electrical and magnetic brain signals, Peter Hagoort11. Speech perception at the interface of neurobiology and linguistics, David Poeppel, William J Idsardi & Virginie van Wassenhove12. Neural specializations for speech and pitch: moving beyond the dichotomies, Robert J Zatorre & Jackson T Gandour13. Language processing in the natural world, Michael K Tanenhaus & Sarah Brown-Schmidt