Sonido de habla de una sola neurona a gran escala que codifica a través de la profundidad de la corteza humana

Matthew K Leonard1,2, Laura Gwilliams1,2, Kristin K Sellers1,2

  • 1Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Nature
|December 13, 2023
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores exploraron cómo el cerebro humano procesa el habla mediante la grabación de neuronas individuales en el giro temporal superior. Descubrieron que las neuronas a través de capas corticales codifican diversas características del habla, revelando información sobre el procesamiento del habla neural.

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