Decoding Phonetic Features: Somatotopic and Sensorimotor Representations in Native and Non-native Consonant Perception
Tzuyi Tseng, Simon Thibault, Jennifer Krzonowski, Mélanie Canault, Alice Catherine Roy, Claudio Brozzoli, Véronique Boulenger A
The paper investigates how motor regions represent native and non-native consonant perception using fMRI and multivariate pattern analysis, finding somatotopic and sensorimotor representations that support phoneme categorization.
bioRxiv · May 19, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience