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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Auditory Perception

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  • Speech perception theories propose listeners use typical phonetic variation beliefs.
  • Previous fMRI studies indicated right middle temporal gyrus (RMTG) involvement in processing talker-specific phonetic information.
  • The right hemisphere is suggested to play a key role in linking phonetic identity with talker characteristics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the causal role of the right middle temporal gyrus (RMTG) in processing talker-specific phonetic variation.
  • To determine if transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of the RMTG affects listeners' ability to identify typical phonetic variants.

Main Methods:

  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was applied to the RMTG, left middle temporal gyrus (MTG), or scalp vertex.
  • Participants were exposed to talkers with distinct productions of voiceless stop consonants.
  • Listeners performed a task to identify the phonetic variant typical of a trained talker.

Main Results:

  • Listeners demonstrated near-ceiling performance in identifying typical phonetic variants.
  • Performance remained high regardless of the TMS stimulation site (RMTG, left MTG, or vertex).

Conclusions:

  • While the RMTG is involved in processing talker-specific phonetic variation, its causal role may be modest.
  • Modulating RMTG function with TMS did not significantly impair the ability to identify typical phonetic variants.