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The DIVA model: A neural theory of speech acquisition and production
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The DIVA model of speech production provides a computationally and neuroanatomically explicit account of the network of brain regions involved in speech acquisition and production. An overview of the model is provided along with descriptions of the computations performed in the different brain regions represented in the model. The latest version of the model, which contains a new right-lateralised feedback control map in ventral premotor cortex, will be described, and experimental results that motivated this new model component will be discussed. Application of the model to the study and treatment of communication disorders will also be briefly described.
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“The lack of convergence in L-IFG is of interest as it is invariably a part of the corollary discharge network according to computational and neuroanatomical models of speech production (Chen et al., 2011; Tourville & Guenther, 2011).”
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- Authors
- Tourville, J. A., & Guenther, F. H.
- Affiliations
- Boston University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Guenther, Frank H.
- Venue
- Language and Cognitive Processes
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 26
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 952-981
- ISSN
- 0169-0965 (ISSN-L)
- 1464-0732
- PMC
- PMC3650855
- OpenAlex
- W2011934537
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- 4.27
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- Funders
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (R01DC002852)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Keywords
- DIVA model, speech production, speech development, ventral premotor cortex, right lateralization, feedback control, brain regions, computational model, communication disorders
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