Using TMS to study the role of the articulatory motor system in speech perception

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1103-1118

  Möttönen, Riikka ^a   Watkins, Kate E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articulation; Communication; Motor cortex; Motor evoked potential; Speech; Transcranial magnetic stimulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTICULATORY MOTOR SYSTEM; AUDITORY SYSTEM; EXCITABILITY; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMAN; MOTOR SYSTEM; PERFORMANCE; SPEECH; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84865823397     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2011.619515     Document Type: Article

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