A causal test of the motor theory of speech perception: a case of impaired speech production and spared speech perception

Cognitive Neuropsychology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 38-57

  Stasenko, Alena ^a   Bonn, Cory ^a   Teghipco, Alex ^a   Garcea, Frank E ^a   Sweet, Catherine ^b   Dombovy, Mary ^b   McDonough, Joyce ^a   Mahon, Bradford Z ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Unity Diabetes Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

apraxia of speech; categorical perception; mirror neurons; motor theory of speech perception

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; APRAXIA; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURON; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TONGUE; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; APRAXIAS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MIRROR NEURONS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STROKE; TONGUE; VOICE;

EID: 84929158373     PISSN: 02643294     EISSN: 14640627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02643294.2015.1035702     Document Type: Article

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