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Sensorimotor training flexibly modulates automatic imitation of visual speech, enhancing it with mirror training and reducing it with countermirror training. This highlights the role of associative learning in speech perception and production.

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  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Speech Science
  • Motor Control

Background:

  • Automatic imitation relies on associative sensorimotor experience.
  • The associative sequence learning (ASL) model explains imitation of transparent actions.
  • ASL's applicability to opaque actions like orofacial movements is debated.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the flexibility of observation-execution links for opaque actions, specifically visual speech.
  • To determine if sensorimotor training modulates automatic imitation of visual speech.
  • To compare the modulation of speech imitation with that of manual actions.

Main Methods:

  • Participants underwent either mirror or countermirror sensorimotor training involving visual speech stimuli (syllables /ba/ and /da/).
  • Automatic imitation was measured by response times to syllable articulation in the presence of compatible versus incompatible visual speech distractors.
  • Measurements were taken before and after the sensorimotor training period.

Main Results:

  • Automatic imitation of visual speech was enhanced after mirror training and reduced after countermirror training.
  • Sensorimotor learning significantly influences the linkage between speech perception and production.
  • Speech imitation showed susceptibility to mirror training but resilience to countermirror training compared to manual actions.

Conclusions:

  • Sensorimotor learning plays a crucial role in speech perception-production links, which remain flexible in adulthood.
  • The multimodal nature and social factors of speech may explain its resilience to countermirror training.
  • Findings contribute to understanding the plasticity of sensorimotor associations in speech processing.