TY - T1 - Cortical processing of speech and non-speech sounds in adults and newborns SN - / UR - URN:ISBN:952-10-3548-X; http://hdl.handle.net/10138/19736 T3 - A1 - Kujala, Anu A2 - PB - Helsingin yliopisto Y1 - 2006 LA - en AB - Comprehension of a complex acoustic signal - speech - is vital for human communication, with numerous brain processes required to convert the acoustics into an intelligible message. In four studies in the present thesis, cortical correlates for different stages of speech processing in a mature linguistic system of adults were investigated. In two further studies, developmental aspects of cortical specialisation and its plasticity in adults were examined. In the present studies, electroencephalog... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - psykologia N1 - PP - ER -