Speech production: the force of your words.
Research on speech production has traditionally focused on how acoustic goals are met. A recent study shows that talking also involves somatosensory goals that do not have any acoustic consequences.
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Department of Psychology, Department of Otolaryngology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, K7L 3N6. Kevin.Munhall@queensu.ca
D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000502:physiology; D007804:Language Development; D008046:Lip / Q000502:physiology; D010614:Pharynx / Q000502:physiology; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D014059:Tongue / Q000502:physiology