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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Speech Motor Control
  • Auditory Perception

Background:

  • Internal forward models simulate action consequences in speech motor control.
  • Silent articulation modulates auditory cortex activity and improves speech sound identification in noise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To replicate and extend findings on silent articulation's effect on speech perception.
  • To investigate if concurrent silent articulation improves identification of ambiguous speech stimuli.
  • To examine if mouthing speeds up perceptual processing even with perfect identification.

Main Methods:

  • Participants silently articulated syllables synchronized with auditory and/or visual speech stimuli.
  • Stimuli included concordant, ambiguous speech sounds presented in white noise.
  • Behavioral measures assessed identification accuracy and processing speed.

Main Results:

  • Silent articulation improved the identification of concordant speech stimuli.
  • Concurrent mouthing of syllables accelerated perceptual processing, regardless of identification accuracy.
  • Results indicate multisensory-motor interactions influence speech perception.

Conclusions:

  • Silent speech production generates internal sensory predictions that aid speech perception.
  • Multisensory-motor interactions play a crucial role in processing speech stimuli.
  • Findings provide behavioral evidence for the internal forward model hypothesis in speech.