tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post8625201230891294485..comments2024-03-24T15:07:18.773+01:00Comments on The Stuttering Brain: Non-speech specific abnormalitiesTom Weidighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02084153394215001999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-57565896169194678782009-03-23T19:16:00.000+01:002009-03-23T19:16:00.000+01:00To me there appears to be several new things about...To me there appears to be several new things about this data. First this study is only one of a few studies that have used short utterance stimuli (which do not normally elicit stuttering) during neuroimaging, which means that any brain activation differences seen in stuttering people were not due to stuttering itself. In other words,even during fluency-evoking tasks resulting in perceptually fluent speech, and even during non-speech, there were brain activation abnormalities, which suggests that stutterers may have a more generalized sensorimotor issue. This idea is not new, but this paper shows empirical evidence that support a neurological basis for it. <BR/>Another thing is that this paper says it found differences during perception and planning phases in addition to production. Apart from some MEG studies that showed differences during pre-production phases I think this is the first to show all of these phases in one paper. Should be an interesting read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-54981214289909338782009-03-22T15:06:00.000+01:002009-03-22T15:06:00.000+01:00Sorry, but I don't see what's really new about thi...Sorry, but I don't see what's really new about this...?Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13524864055602706537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-6631740686164386542009-03-22T15:05:00.000+01:002009-03-22T15:05:00.000+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.OliverTwixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10912505564292530905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12602489.post-11445591264957273252009-03-21T23:49:00.000+01:002009-03-21T23:49:00.000+01:00I have always known that stuttering is only one of...I have always known that stuttering is only one of the symptoms of this disorder. Since I started stuttering at the age of 14 (unusually late) I have wondered why so many stutterers and "experts" fail to realize this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com