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  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

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  • Language is a social interaction requiring precise coordination between speakers.
  • Real-time speech production demands rapid adjustments to maintain synchrony.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the neural dynamics of speech coordination using a novel interactive task.
  • To explore how the brain adjusts speech production in real-time during synchronous verbal interaction.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a real-time coupled-oscillators virtual partner (VP) to modulate speech synchrony.
  • Recorded intracranial brain activity (high-frequency activity - HFa) in 16 epilepsy patients during a verbal coordination task with the VP.
  • Analyzed neural sensitivity to verbal coordinative dynamics along dorsal and ventral language pathways.

Main Results:

  • Synchronous speech tasks effectively highlighted both dorsal and ventral language pathways.
  • High-frequency activity (HFa) in left secondary auditory regions showed sensitivity to verbal coordination dynamics.
  • Inferior frontal gyrus (BA44) exhibited bilateral engagement, potentially indexing online coordinative adjustments.

Conclusions:

  • A dynamic, adaptive, and interactive language task is valuable for understanding neural dynamics in speech perception and production.
  • Left secondary auditory regions play a key role in processing speech coordination.
  • The study provides insights into the neural basis of real-time speech adjustments during social interaction.