Speech motor skill and stuttering

Journal of Motor Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 477-489

  Namasivayam, Aravind Kumar ^a,b   Van Lieshout, Pascal ^b,c,d  

^a Speech and Stuttering Institute   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

sensory feedback; speech motor control; speech motor skill; stuttering

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSORY FEEDBACK; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STUTTERING;

FEEDBACK, SENSORY; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROIMAGING; SPEECH; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; STUTTERING;

EID: 84857566654     PISSN: 00222895     EISSN: 19401027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2011.628347     Document Type: Review

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