Figure 3. .

Evidence for auditory lexical representations in the auditory word form area. Within-subject (n = 24) adaptation profile for auditory real words (RWs) and untrained pseudowords (UTPWs). Patterns of release from adaptation are compatible with tight tuning to individual RWs consistent with an auditory lexicon. In contrast, UTPWs show a graded release from adaptation as a function of phonological similarity. Horizontal black line in violin plots indicates the median. ***, **, *, and N.S. mark p < 0.001, <0.01, <0.05, and not significant (>0.1), all Bonferroni-corrected for multiple comparisons.