CogHear auditory-motor interaction discussion

 I led a discussion on auditory-motor interactions with the CogHear group today. There were many interesting questions written in the chat window. Here I quote and respond to them. My responses are initalics. If you are interesting in watching the live discussion, contact Malcom Slaney: [e-mail] Leonard9:20 AMIs "the motor system" defined here solely based on canonical anatomy? Or does it also have a functional definition? We look at the question both ways, but with an emphasis on the functional definition.  Liberty Hamilton9:22 AMHave you looked at the specific phonological contrasts that are or are not able to be performed in these cases? Which pairs are tested (only initial consonant? also vowel?) No, we have not. roberta bianco9:26 AMwould those patients able to pick on prosodic cues? e.g. discrimintae question and statement : pear vs pear? Great question and I don ’t know the answer.  Sean Gilmore9:26 AMWhat kind of noise was used?  White noise. 14 dB. Julie Elie9:26 AMIn case of complete anarthria, people cannot even express non-word prosody sounds (e.g. anger groan)?  Emotional vocalizations (groans, laughs) can be possible as can spontaneous smiles (the so-called Duchenne smile). Sam Norman-Haignere9:32 AMIsn't a 10% effect kind of large for TMS? Yes, potentially. But note that it ’s 10% at threshold level SNRs with contrived tasks only. These effects are not found in ...

Source: Talking Brains - December 3, 2020 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs