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  • 1The Institute for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language Evolution, Evolutionary Neuroscience of Language, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Zurich Center for Linguistics, University of Zurich, Switzerland; Neuroscience Center Zurich, University of Zurich and Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Switzerland.

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Brain lateralization for speech processing is stronger for meaningful speech, involving predictive coding and auditory attention. These top-down processes engage left-hemisphere sensorimotor networks for enhanced language comprehension.

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  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Science
  • Linguistics

Background:

  • Hemispheric lateralization is key to brain specialization, particularly in speech and language.
  • While left hemisphere dominance is known, speech processing involves both hemispheres.
  • Debates exist on whether lateralization relates to auditory or linguistic processing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the interdependence of auditory and linguistic accounts of speech processing lateralization.
  • To investigate the role of top-down processes like predictive coding and attention in enhancing lateralization.
  • To elucidate the contribution of left-lateralized sensorimotor networks to speech comprehension.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on hemispheric lateralization in auditory and speech processing.
  • Analysis of studies examining the effect of sound complexity and meaningfulness on lateralization.
  • Examination of evidence linking top-down cognitive processes to neural networks.

Main Results:

  • Lateralization is weaker for simple sounds, stronger for speech-like sounds, and strongest for meaningful speech.
  • Predictive speech processing and selective auditory attention significantly enhance lateralization.
  • These top-down processes are supported by left-lateralized sensorimotor networks.

Conclusions:

  • Auditory and linguistic accounts of speech lateralization are interdependent.
  • Top-down cognitive functions, mediated by left-hemisphere sensorimotor networks, are crucial for speech processing.
  • Understanding these networks offers insights into the neural basis of language.