Journal
BRAIN AND LANGUAGE
Volume 196, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandl.2019.104655
Keywords
Speech perception; tDCS; Adaptation; Phonetic variability; Superior temporal cortex
Funding
- NIDCD of the National Institutes of Health [R03DC014045]
- NARSAD Young Investigator Award from the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation
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Talker adaptation improves speech processing efficiency by reducing possible mappings between talkers' speech acoustics and listeners' phonemic representations. We investigated the functional neuroanatomy of talker adaptation by applying noninvasive neurostimulation (high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation; HD-tDCS) to left superior temporal lobe while participants performed an auditory word identification task. We factorially manipulated talker variability (single vs. mixed talkers) and speech context (isolated words vs. connected speech), measuring listeners' speech processing efficiency under anodal, cathodal, or sham stimulation. Speech processing was faster for single talkers than mixed talkers, and connected speech reduced the additional processing costs associated with mixed-talker speech. However, the beneficial effect of connected speech in the mixed-talker condition was significantly attenuated under both anodal and cathodal stimulation versus sham. Stimulation of left superior temporal lobe disrupts the brain's ability to use local phonetic context to rapidly adapt to a talker, revealing this region's causal role in talker adaptation.
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