title: Sensorimotor integration for speech motor learning involves the inferior parietal cortex.
abstract: Sensorimotor integration is important for motor learning. The inferior parietal lobe, through its connections with the frontal lobe and cerebellum, has been associated with multisensory integration and sensorimotor adaptation for motor behaviors other than speech. In the present study, the contribution of the inferior parietal cortex to speech motor learning was evaluated using repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) prior to a speech motor adaptation task. Subjects' auditory feedback was altered in a manner consistent with the auditory consequences of an unintended change in tongue position during speech production, and adaptation performance was used to evaluate sensorimotor plasticity and short-term learning. Prior to the feedback alteration, rTMS or sham stimulation was applied over the left supramarginal gyrus (SMG). Subjects who underwent the sham stimulation exhibited a robust adaptive response to the feedback alteration whereas subjects who underwent rTMS exhibited a diminished adaptive response. The results suggest that the inferior parietal region, in and around SMG, plays a role in sensorimotor adaptation for speech. The interconnections of the inferior parietal cortex with inferior frontal cortex, cerebellum and primary sensory areas suggest that this region may be an important component in learning and adapting sensorimotor patterns for speech.
authors.affiliation: Neuroscience Major Program, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: Mamie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shum
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Shiller
authors.forename: Shari R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Baum
authors.forename: Vincent L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Gracco
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001931:Brain Mapping; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D050781:Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; D055815:Young Adult
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