Are articulatory commands automatically and involuntarily activated during speech perception?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  McGettigan, C ^a   Agnew, Z K ^a   Scott, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPALATOGRAPHY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LETTER; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHONEME; PREMOTOR CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

HUMANS; MOTOR CORTEX; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 77950454075     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1000186107     Document Type: Letter

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