title: A Cool Approach to Probing Speech Cortex.
abstract: In this issue of Neuron, Long et al. (2016) employ a novel technique of intraoperative cortical cooling in humans during speech production. They demonstrate that cooling Broca's area interferes with speech timing but not speech quality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: adeen.f@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Adeen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flinker
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology & Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Robert T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D001931:Brain Mapping; D065711:Broca Area / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech
keywords: Broca; cooling; speech