The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds

06/01/2022 19 min
The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds

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Scientists thought that the brain’s hearing centers might just process speech along with other sounds. But new work suggests that speech gets some special treatment very early on. The post The Brain Processes Speech in Parallel With Other Sounds first appeared on Quanta Magazine