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  • Title: Visual speech perception without primary auditory cortex activation.
    Author: Bernstein LE, Auer ET, Moore JK, Ponton CW, Don M, Singh M.
    Journal: Neuroreport; 2002 Mar 04; 13(3):311-5. PubMed ID: 11930129.
    Abstract:
    Speech perception is conventionally thought to be an auditory function, but humans often use their eyes to perceive speech. We investigated whether visual speech perception depends on processing by the primary auditory cortex in hearing adults. In a functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment, a pulse-tone was presented contrasted with gradient noise. During the same session, a silent video of a talker saying isolated words was presented contrasted with a still face. Visual speech activated the superior temporal gyrus anterior, posterior, and lateral to the primary auditory cortex, but not the region of the primary auditory cortex. These results suggest that visual speech perception is not critically dependent on the region of primary auditory cortex.
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