[HTML][HTML] The potential for a speech brain–computer interface using chronic electrocorticography

Q Rabbani, G Milsap, NE Crone - Neurotherapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
A brain–computer interface (BCI) is a technology that uses neural features to restore or
augment the capabilities of its user. A BCI for speech would enable communication in real …

New developments in understanding the complexity of human speech production

K Simonyan, H Ackermann, EF Chang… - Journal of …, 2016 - jneurosci.org
Speech is one of the most unique features of human communication. Our ability to articulate
our thoughts by means of speech production depends critically on the integrity of the motor …

[HTML][HTML] The control of vocal pitch in human laryngeal motor cortex

BK Dichter, JD Breshears, MK Leonard, EF Chang - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
In speech, the highly flexible modulation of vocal pitch creates intonation patterns that
speakers use to convey linguistic meaning. This human ability is unique among primates …

Differential representation of articulatory gestures and phonemes in precentral and inferior frontal gyri

EM Mugler, MC Tate, K Livescu, JW Templer… - Journal of …, 2018 - jneurosci.org
Speech is a critical form of human communication and is central to our daily lives. Yet,
despite decades of study, an understanding of the fundamental neural control of speech …

Parkinson disease detection from speech articulation neuromechanics

P Gómez-Vilda, J Mekyska, JM Ferrández… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Aim: The research described is intended to give a description of articulation dynamics as a
correlate of the kinematic behavior of the jaw-tongue biomechanical system, encoded as a …

Human sensorimotor cortex control of directly measured vocal tract movements during vowel production

DF Conant, KE Bouchard, MK Leonard… - Journal of …, 2018 - jneurosci.org
During speech production, we make vocal tract movements with remarkable precision and
speed. Our understanding of how the human brain achieves such proficient control is …

Subthalamic nucleus and sensorimotor cortex activity during speech production

A Chrabaszcz, WJ Neumann, O Stretcu… - Journal of …, 2019 - jneurosci.org
The sensorimotor cortex is somatotopically organized to represent the vocal tract articulators
such as lips, tongue, larynx, and jaw. How speech and articulatory features are encoded at …

Variability of articulator positions and formants across nine English vowels

DH Whalen, WR Chen, MK Tiede, H Nam - Journal of phonetics, 2018 - Elsevier
Speech, though communicative, is quite variable both in articulation and acoustics, and it
has often been claimed that articulation is more variable. Here we compared variability in …

A functional near‐infrared spectroscopic investigation of speech production during reading

N Wan, AS Hancock, TK Moon… - Human Brain …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This study was designed to test the extent to which speaking processes related to
articulation and voicing influence Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) measures …

Workshops of the sixth international brain–computer interface meeting: brain–computer interfaces past, present, and future

JE Huggins, C Guger, M Ziat, TO Zander… - Brain-computer …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Sixth International Brain–Computer Interface (BCI) Meeting was held 30 May–3
June 2016 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, USA. The …