Respiration is a brain function on which our lives essentially depend. Control of respiration
ensures that the frequency and depth of breathing adapt continuously to metabolic needs. In …

The anatomy of language has been investigated with PET or fMRI for more than 20years.
Here I attempt to provide an overview of the brain areas associated with heard speech …

Motor cortex (M1) has been thought to form a continuous somatotopic homunculus
extending down the precentral gyrus from foot to face representations,, despite evidence for …

Background: Dyspnea is a common, distressing symptom of cardiopulmonary and
neuromuscular diseases. Since the ATS published a consensus statement on dyspnea in …

It is often said that speech is what distinguishes us from other animals. But are we all talk?
What if language was bequeathed to us not by word of mouth, but as a hand-me-down?The …

This article illustrates how functional neuroimaging can be used to test the validity of
neurological and cognitive models of language. Three models of language are described …

Vocalization is a complex behaviour pattern, consisting of essentially three components:
laryngeal activity, respiratory movements and supralaryngeal (articulatory) activity. The …

Electrophysiologic and lesion studies of animals increasingly implicate the amygdala in
aspects of emotional processing. Yet, the functions of the human amygdala remain poorly …

This book explores the origin and evolution of speech. The human speech system is in a
league of its own in the animal kingdom and its possession dwarfs most other evolutionary …

Speech production is one of the most complex and rapid motor behaviors, and it involves a
precise coordination of more than 100 laryngeal, orofacial, and respiratory muscles. Yet we …