title: Interaction in planning vocalizations and grasping.
abstract: Previous studies have shown a congruency effect between manual grasping and syllable articulation. For instance, a power grip is associated with syllables whose articulation involves the tongue body and/or large mouth aperture ([kɑ]) whereas a precision grip is associated with articulations that involve the tongue tip and/or small mouth aperture ([ti]). Previously, this effect has been observed in manual reaction times. The primary aim of the current study was to investigate whether this congruency effect also takes place in vocal responses and to investigate involvement of action selection processes in the effect. The congruency effect was found in vocal and manual responses regardless of whether or not the syllable or grip was known a priori, suggesting that the effect operates with minimal or absent action selection processes. In addition, the effect was observed in vocal responses even when the grip was only prepared but not performed, suggesting that merely planning a grip response primes the corresponding articulatory response. These results support the view that articulation and grasping are processed in a partially overlapping network.
authors.affiliation: a Division of Cognitive and Neuropsychology , Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tiainen
authors.affiliation: a Division of Cognitive and Neuropsychology , Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
authors.forename: Kaisa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tiippana
authors.affiliation: b Phonetics and Speech Synthesis Research Group , Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
authors.forename: Martti
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vainio
authors.affiliation: a Division of Cognitive and Neuropsychology , Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
authors.forename: Naeem
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Komeilipoor
authors.affiliation: a Division of Cognitive and Neuropsychology , Institute of Behavioural Sciences, University of Helsinki , Helsinki , Finland.
authors.forename: Lari
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vainio
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005868:Gestures; D018737:Hand Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D011930:Reaction Time; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D014059:Tongue; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Action planning; Grasping; Language evolution; Speech