Neural Control of Speech (First Edition)

Guenther, Frank H.

ISBN 10: 0262034719 / ISBN 13: 9780262034715

Published by The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016

About this Item

The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2016. First edition. First printing, with full number line to 1. Fine in glossy illustrated white boards, as issued without a dust jacket. A tight, clean copy. 8vo, 410 pp., including index. Guenther?s study of the neural mechanisms underlying speech production and motor control.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Neural Control of Speech (First Edition)
• Publisher: The MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0262034719
• ISBN 13: 9780262034715
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 7W x 9H x 1D inches 7 inches width by 9 inches height by 1 inches depth
• Weight: 2 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

A comprehensive and unified account of the neural computations underlying speech production, offering a theoretical framework bridging the behavioral and the neurological literatures.

In this book, Frank Guenther offers a comprehensive, unified account of the neural computations underlying speech production, with an emphasis on speech motor control rather than linguistic content. Guenther focuses on the brain mechanisms responsible for commanding the musculature of the vocal tract to produce articulations that result in an acoustic signal conveying a desired string of syllables. Guenther provides neuroanatomical and neurophysiological descriptions of the primary brain structures involved in speech production, looking particularly at the cerebral cortex and its interactions with the cerebellum and basal ganglia, using basic concepts of control theory (accompanied by nontechnical explanations) to explore the computations performed by these brain regions.

Guenther offers a detailed theoretical framework to account for a broad range of both behavioral and neurological data on the production of speech. He discusses such topics as the goals of the neural controller of speech; neural mechanisms involved in producing both short and long utterances; and disorders of the speech system, including apraxia of speech and stuttering. Offering a bridge between the neurological and behavioral literatures on speech production, the book will be a valuable resource for researchers in both fields.

About the Author

Frank H. Guenther is Professor in the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences and in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Boston University, where he is also Director of the CNS Speech Laboratory and the Neural Prosthesis Laboratory. He is on the faculty of the Harvard/MIT Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program and a Research Associate at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory.