一个用于交互语言的语音规划网络
Gregg A Castellucci1,2, Christopher K Kovach3, Matthew A Howard3
1NYU Neuroscience Institute and Department of Otolaryngology, New York University Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Nature
|January 6, 2022
概括
研究人员发现特定的大脑网络对于快速的语音规划至关重要. 这种网络涉及下额叶皮层, 通过在听时准备响应, 实现无轮换.
科学领域:
- 神经科学
- 认知科学
- 心理语言学
背景情况:
- 谈话轮流需要快速的反应,
- 语音规划发生在听过程中,
研究的目的:
- 在自然对话中识别神经机制,从而实现快速语音规划.
- 在社交互动过程中准备口语反应的脑部区域.
主要方法:
- 内电皮图 (ECoG) 用于测量交互任务中的神经活动.
- 语音与非语言运动任务中的神经活动的比较.
- 在自然,不受约束的对话中绘制与计划相关的电路.
主要成果:
- 一个独特的前皮质网络,包括布罗卡的区域,被确定为语音规划.
- 与非语言活动相比,该网络在编写语音时表现出更高的活力.
- 同一个网络在自然对话中活跃,
结论:
- 一个特定的语音规划网络是社会互动中自然语言生成的核心.
- 通过积极的应对准备,该网络有助于快速转换.
- 这项发现有助于我们更好地理解人类沟通的神经基础.
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