Matthew K. Leonard

3.1k total citations · 1 hit paper
50 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Matthew K. Leonard is a scholar working on Cognitive Neuroscience, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. According to data from OpenAlex, Matthew K. Leonard has authored 50 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 44 papers in Cognitive Neuroscience, 11 papers in Developmental and Educational Psychology and 10 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Recurrent topics in Matthew K. Leonard's work include Neuroscience and Music Perception (20 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (13 papers). Matthew K. Leonard is often cited by papers focused on Neuroscience and Music Perception (20 papers), Neural dynamics and brain function (17 papers) and EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces (13 papers). Matthew K. Leonard collaborates with scholars based in United States, Belgium and Germany. Matthew K. Leonard's co-authors include Edward F. Chang, David A. Moses, Eric Halgren, Joseph G. Makin, Katherine E. Travis, Matthias J. Sjerps, Jonathan D. Breshears, Ben Dichter, Maxime O. Baud and Nima Mesgarani and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Cell and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Matthew K. Leonard

46 papers receiving 1.7k citations

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The Encoding of Speech Sounds in the Superior Temporal Gyrus

2019 229 citations Matthew K. Leonard, Edward F. Chang et al. Neuron profile →

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Michael Murias United States

Joseph T. Lurito United States

Ian Charest United Kingdom

Toshiaki Imada Japan

Mathieu Bourguignon Belgium

Ruth de Diego‐Balaguer Spain

E. Juliana Paré‐Blagoev United States

Carsten Eulitz Germany

Toni Cunillera Spain

Donald Wong United States

Michael Murias United States

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20 of 20 papers shown

Leonard, Matthew K., et al.. (2025). Parallel encoding of speech in human frontal and temporal lobes. Nature Communications. 17(1). 814–814.

Zhang, Yizhen, Matthew K. Leonard, Ilina Bhaya-Grossman, Laura Gwilliams, & Edward F. Chang. (2025). Human cortical dynamics of auditory word form encoding. Neuron. 114(1). 167–180.e6. 1 indexed citations

Chung, Jason E., Duo Xu, Matthew K. Leonard, et al.. (2025). Experience and safety of intraoperative Neuropixels: a case series of 56 patients. Journal of neurosurgery. 144(1). 63–73.

Bhaya-Grossman, Ilina, Matthew K. Leonard, Yizhen Zhang, et al.. (2025). Shared and language-specific phonological processing in the human temporal lobe. Nature. 649(8095). 140–151.

Leonard, Matthew K., et al.. (2024). Encoding of melody in the human auditory cortex. Science Advances. 10(7). eadk0010–eadk0010. 11 indexed citations

Leonard, Matthew K., et al.. (2023). Transcutaneous Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation Modulates Performance but Not Pupil Size During Nonnative Speech Category Learning. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 66(10). 3825–3843. 6 indexed citations

Chandrasekaran, Bharath, et al.. (2022). Arousal States as a Key Source of Variability in Speech Perception and Learning. Languages. 7(1). 19–19. 7 indexed citations

Chung, Jason E., Kristin K. Sellers, Matthew K. Leonard, et al.. (2022). High-density single-unit human cortical recordings using the Neuropixels probe. Neuron. 110(15). 2409–2421.e3. 45 indexed citations

Yi, Han‐Gyol, Bharath Chandrasekaran, Kirill V. Nourski, et al.. (2021). Learning nonnative speech sounds changes local encoding in the adult human cortex. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(36). 8 indexed citations

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Leonard, Matthew K., et al.. (2020). Transformation of a temporal speech cue to a spatial neural code in human auditory cortex. eLife. 9. 14 indexed citations

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Ammanuel, Simon G., Jonathan K. Kleen, Matthew K. Leonard, & Edward F. Chang. (2020). Interictal Epileptiform Discharges and the Quality of Human Intracranial Neurophysiology Data. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. 14. 44–44. 3 indexed citations

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Leonard, Matthew K., et al.. (2019). The Encoding of Speech Sounds in the Superior Temporal Gyrus. Neuron. 102(6). 1096–1110. 229 indexed citations breakdown →

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Moses, David A., Matthew K. Leonard, Joseph G. Makin, & Edward F. Chang. (2019). Real-time decoding of question-and-answer speech dialogue using human cortical activity. Nature Communications. 10(1). 3096–3096. 149 indexed citations

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Dichter, Ben, Jonathan D. Breshears, Matthew K. Leonard, & Edward F. Chang. (2018). The Control of Vocal Pitch in Human Laryngeal Motor Cortex. Cell. 174(1). 21–31.e9. 106 indexed citations

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Khoshkhoo, Sattar, Matthew K. Leonard, Nima Mesgarani, & Edward F. Chang. (2018). Neural correlates of sine-wave speech intelligibility in human frontal and temporal cortex. Brain and Language. 187. 83–91. 19 indexed citations

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Leonard, Matthew K. & Edward F. Chang. (2014). Dynamic speech representations in the human temporal lobe. Trends in Cognitive Sciences. 18(9). 472–479. 70 indexed citations

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Travis, Katherine E., Megan M. Curran, Matthew K. Leonard, et al.. (2013). Age-related Changes in Tissue Signal Properties Within Cortical Areas Important for Word Understanding in 12- to 19-Month-Old Infants. Cerebral Cortex. 24(7). 1948–1955. 16 indexed citations

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Travis, Katherine E., Matthew K. Leonard, Alexander M. Chan, et al.. (2012). Independence of Early Speech Processing from Word Meaning. Cerebral Cortex. 23(10). 2370–2379. 27 indexed citations

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Leonard, Matthew K., Naja Ferjan Ramírez, Katherine E. Travis, et al.. (2012). Signed Words in the Congenitally Deaf Evoke Typical Late Lexicosemantic Responses with No Early Visual Responses in Left Superior Temporal Cortex. Journal of Neuroscience. 32(28). 9700–9705. 56 indexed citations

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Travis, Katherine E., Matthew K. Leonard, Timothy T. Brown, et al.. (2011). Spatiotemporal Neural Dynamics of Word Understanding in 12- to 18-Month-Old-Infants. Cerebral Cortex. 21(8). 1832–1839. 40 indexed citations

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