Left Inferior Frontal Sulcus Multitasks For Phonetics And Decision-Making
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 - 12:56
in Psychology & Sociology
The front portion of the brain that handles tasks like decision-making, the left inferior frontal sulcus, also helps decipher different phonetic sounds, according to new Brown University research. This section of the brain treats different pronunciations of the same speech sound (such as a 'd' sound) the same way, they say, and in determining this they believe they have solved a mystery. read more
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