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Cerebellar contributions to speech production and speech perception: psycholinguistic and neurobiological perspectives
Abstract
Articulate speech represents a unique trait of our species. Besides other structures, the cerebellum pertains to the brain network engaged in spoken language production. Data from different sources point at a dual role of this organ within the verbal domain: (i) the cerebellum appears to subserve the online sequencing of syllables into fast, smooth and rhythmically organized larger utterances, and (ii) furthermore, the cerebellum seems to participate in the temporal organization of internal speech, that is, a prearticulatory verbal code. Impaired prearticulatory verbal coding mechanisms could explain at least some of the perceptual and cognitive deficits observed in cerebellar disorders. Recent genetic studies indicate that distinct mutations of a specific regulatory gene (FOXP2) promoted the emergence of articulate speech during the course of hominid evolution. Conceivably, structural changes of the expressed FOXP2 protein supported the 'vocal elaboration' of phylogenetically older brain networks engaged in upper limb motor control, such as the cerebro-cerebellar loops.
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“The cerebellum is thought to have a modulatory role in motor functions (Murdoch et al., 2010) and, during articulation, activity in bilateral superior cerebellar regions may contribute to the timing of consonant–vowel syllable production (Ghosh et al., 2008) and the online sequencing of syllables into fast, smooth and rhythmically organized larger utterances (Ackermann, 2008).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ackermann, H.
- Affiliations
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Ackermann, Hermann
- ORCID
- Ackermann, Hermann
- Venue
- Trends in Neurosciences
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2008-06
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 265-272
- ISSN
- 0166-2236 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2030619443
- Cited by
- 253
- References
- 63
- Citations by year
- 2026: 8 · 2025: 16 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 16 · 2019: 17 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 6 · 2015: 21 · 2014: 10 · 2013: 20 · 2012: 17
- FWCI
- 1.15
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Neurosciences (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (55/6–1,6–2, 55/7–1, AC 55/5–1,5–2, SFB 307, SFB 550)
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- 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 › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- cerebellum, speech production, speech perception, temporal organization of speech, cerebellar disorders, FOXP2, hominid evolution, upper limb motor control
- MeSH terms
- Cerebellum, Humans, Neurobiology, Psycholinguistics, Speech, Speech Perception
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