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Distinct representations of phonemes, syllables, and supra-syllabic sequences in the speech production network

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Peeva, Maya G., Guenther, Frank H., Tourville, Jason A., Nieto-Castanon, Alfonso, Anton, Jean-Luc, Nazarian, Bruno, Alario, F.-Xavier·2010·NeuroImage

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Functional neuroimaging studies have converged on a core network of brain regions that supports speech production, but the sublexical processing stages performed by the different parts of this network remain unclear. Using an fMRI adaptation paradigm and quantitative analysis of patterns of activation rather than contrast subtractions alone, we were able to identify a set of neural substrates predominantly engaged in phonemic, syllabic, and supra-syllabic levels of processing during speech. Phoneme-level processes were found in the left SMA, pallidum, posterior superior temporal gyrus, and superior lateral cerebellum. Syllable-level processes were found in the left ventral premotor cortex, and supra-syllabic processes related to phonological chunking were found in the right superior lateral cerebellum. Active regions that were not sensitive to sublexical manipulations included primary motor and auditory cortical areas, and medial cerebellum. These results offer a quantitative technique for localizing sublexical neural processes that are difficult to dissociate using non-invasive imaging techniques and provide the beginnings of a "brain map" for language output.

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  • The left ventral premotor cortex is associated with generating the motor acts related to speech sounds, nonspeech sounds, and orofacial movements not associated with sound production.

    “while the left ventral premotor cortex was associated with generating the motor acts related to speech sounds (Ghosh et al., 2008; Peeva et al., 2010), nonspeech sounds (Chang et al., 2009) and orofacial movements such as tongue protrusion and lip pursing that are not associated with sound production (Price et al., 2011).”
  • The inhibitory role of the pre-SMA may explain greater pre-SMA activation for volitional relative to stimulus-driven mouth movements and for production of unfamiliar speech sounds.

    “The inhibitory role for the pre-SMA may explain why activation was found to be greater for volitional relative to stimulus driven mouth movements (Tremblay and Gracco, 2010) because selecting the correct response (in volitional mouth movements) requires competing responses to be inhibited. It may also explain the numerous reports that pre-SMA activation is greater for the production of unfamiliar”
  • Activation related to articulation is located in lobule VI/Crus I of the bilateral medial superior posterior cerebellum.

    “In the bilateral medial superior posterior cerebellum, activation related to articulation was located in lobule VI/Crus I (Stoodley and Schmahmann, 2009, 2010; Peeva et al., 2010; Durisko and Fiez, 2010).”

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Authors
Peeva, M. G., Guenther, F. H., Tourville, J. A., Nieto-Castanon, A., Anton, J.-L., Nazarian, B., & Alario, F.-X.
Affiliations
  • Boston University (US)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
Corresponding author
Peeva, Maya G.
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2010-04
Volume
50
Issue
2
Pages
626-638
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2022845221
Cited by
135
References
72
Citations by year
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FWCI
3.06
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders (R01 DC07683)
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 production, sublexical processing, phonemes, syllables, globus pallidus, posterior superior temporal gyrus, ventral premotor cortex, language output, neural correlates
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Adult, Brain, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Models, Neurological, Neural Pathways, Speech, Young Adult

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