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. 2014 Sep 3;8:275. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2014.00275

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Copyright © 2014 Callan, Callan and Jones.

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(A) Contrast investigating specific brain regions involved with the perception of foreign-accented productions of a second-language phonetic category, Jpn(accented) – Eng(accented). Activity is present in the right ventral inferior premotor cortex including Broca's area PMvi/Broca's right ventral superior premotor cortex PMvs. (B) Activity for perception of foreign-accented productions of a second language phonetic category that may not be specific Jpn(unaccented) – Eng(unaccented) was found in the left and right PMvi/Broca's, the right PMvs/PMd, the right Broca's area BA45, the left inferior frontal gyrus BA47, the left postcentral gyrus, the left inferior parietal lobule, and the left and right cerebellum.