Vocal responses to frequency modulated composite sinewaves via auditory and vibrotactile pathways

Wang, Xiaozhen; Honda, Kiyoshi; Dang, Jianwu; Wei, Jianguo

doi:10.1109/icassp.2015.7178793

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“…Work by Schroeder and colleagues examining recordings of macaque monkey ( Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis ) auditory association cortices, when subjects were presented with auditory and somatosensory input, suggest a significant temporal overlap between the two, as well as integration at an early stage of auditory cortical processing ( Schroeder et al, 2001 ). Wang and colleagues investigated the simultaneous influence of auditory and vibrotactile feedback disturbances in f 0 control in human subjects, finding stronger compensatory responses in participants in a combined vibrotactile-auditory stimuli condition than for either single modality on its own ( Wang et al, 2015a , b ; see also Larson et al, 2008 ).…”

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Motor constellation theory: A model of infants’ phonological development

Ekström

2022

Front. Psychol.

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Every normally developing human infant solves the difficult problem of mapping their native-language phonology, but the neural mechanisms underpinning this behavior remain poorly understood. Here, motor constellation theory, an integrative neurophonological model, is presented, with the goal of explicating this issue. It is assumed that infants’ motor-auditory phonological mapping takes place through infants’ orosensory “reaching” for phonological elements observed in the language-specific ambient phonology, via reference to kinesthetic feedback from motor systems (e.g., articulators), and auditory feedback from resulting speech and speech-like sounds. Attempts are regulated by basal ganglion–cerebellar speech neural circuitry, and successful attempts at reproduction are enforced through dopaminergic signaling. Early in life, the pace of anatomical development constrains mapping such that complete language-specific phonological mapping is prohibited by infants’ undeveloped supralaryngeal vocal tract and undescended larynx; constraints gradually dissolve with age, enabling adult phonology. Where appropriate, reference is made to findings from animal and clinical models. Some implications for future modeling and simulation efforts, as well as clinical settings, are also discussed.

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