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Using direct electrode recordings in patients undergoing preoperative surgery, a new study demonstrates that neural responses in the secondary auditory cortex mirror perception, showing categorical responses to continuous stimuli.

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Scott, S., Evans, S. Categorizing speech. Nat Neurosci 13, 1304–1306 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn1110-1304

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