Seeing and hearing speech excites the motor system involved in speech production

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 989-994

  Watkins, K E ^a   Strafella, A P ^a   Paus, T ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hemispheric asymmetry; Motor theory of speech perception; Motor evoked potentials; Orbicularis oris; Primary motor cortex; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOTOR SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; RECOGNITION; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SPEECH; STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0037233114     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0028-3932(02)00316-0     Document Type: Article

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