The influence of syllable onset complexity and syllable frequency on speech motor control
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Functional imaging studies have delineated a "minimal network for overt speech production", encompassing mesiofrontal structures (supplementary motor area, anterior cingulate gyrus), bilateral pre- and postcentral convolutions, extending rostrally into posterior parts of the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) of the language-dominant hemisphere, left anterior insula as well as bilateral components of the basal ganglia, the cerebellum, and the thalamus. In order to further elucidate the specific contribution of these cerebral regions to speech motor planning, subjects were asked to read aloud visually presented bisyllabic pseudowords during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The test stimuli systematically varied in onset complexity (CCV versus CV) and frequency of occurrence (high-frequency, HF versus low-frequency, LF) of the initial syllable. A cognitive subtraction approach revealed a significant main effect of syllable onset complexity (CCV versus CV) at the level of left posterior IFG, left anterior insula, and both cerebellar hemispheres. Conceivably, these areas closely cooperate in the sequencing of subsyllabic aspects of the sound structure of verbal utterances. A significant main effect of syllable frequency (LF versus HF), by contrast, did not emerge. However, calculation of the time series of hemodynamic activation within the various cerebral structures engaged in speech motor control revealed this factor to enhance functional connectivity between Broca's area and ipsilateral anterior insula.
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Activation in the left anterior insula, on the junction of the frontal operculum, is sensitive to the complexity or novelty of subsyllabic verbal utterances.
“Activation in the left anterior insula, on the junction of the frontal operculum, was sensitive to the complexity or novelty of subsyllabic verbal utterances (Shuster, 2009; Riecker et al., 2008; Moser et al., 2009).”
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- Authors
- Riecker, A., Brendel, B., Ziegler, W., Erb, M., & Ackermann, H.
- Affiliations
- Universität Ulm (DE)
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (DE)
- München Klinik Bogenhausen (DE)
- University of Tübingen (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Riecker, Axel
- Venue
- Brain and Language
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-11
- Volume
- 107
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 102-113
- ISSN
- 0093-934X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2089463692
- Cited by
- 113
- References
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- FWCI
- 6.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Brain and Language (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Keywords
- speech motor control, syllable frequency, speech motor planning, posterior inferior frontal gyrus, anterior insula, cerebellum, Broca's area, functional connectivity, pseudowords
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Cerebrovascular Circulation, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Speech, Speech Perception
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