Preattentive extraction of abstract auditory rules in speech sound stream: a mismatch negativity study using lexical tones.

BACKGROUND: Extraction of linguistically relevant auditory features is critical for speech comprehension in complex auditory environments, in which the relationships between acoustic stimuli are often abstract and constant while the stimuli per se are varying. These relationships are referred to as...

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Main Authors: Xiao-Dong Wang, Feng Gu, Kang He, Ling-Hui Chen, Lin Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3253114?pdf=render