A neural theory of speech acquisition and production

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 408-422

  Guenther, Frank H ^a,b,c   Vladusich, Tony ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

FMRI; Mirror system; Motor control; Neural model; Speech production

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CONTROL SYSTEM; DIVA MODEL; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEEDFORWARD CONTROL; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MIRROR NEURON; MODEL; NEURAL THEORY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SOMATOSENSORY FEEDBACK CONTROL; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; SOMATOSENSORY SYSTEM; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH SOUND MAP; THEORETICAL MODEL; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 84860918829     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: 18738052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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