Causal Influence of Articulatory Motor Cortex on Comprehending Single Spoken Words: TMS Evidence

• Published in: Cerebral cortex (New York, N.Y. 1991) Vol. 25; no. 10; pp. 3894 - 3902
• Main Authors: Schomers, Malte R, Kirilina, Evgeniya, Weigand, Anne, Bajbouj, Malek, Pulvermüller, Friedemann
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Oxford University Press 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Comprehension - physiology; Female; Humans; Lip - innervation; Lip - physiology; Male; Motor Cortex - physiology; Speech Perception - physiology; Tongue - innervation; Tongue - physiology; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Young Adult; motor system; language comprehension; speech processing; action-perception theory; transcranial magnetic stimulation

Classic wisdom had been that motor and premotor cortex contribute to motor execution but not to higher cognition and language comprehension. In contrast, mounting evidence from neuroimaging, patient research, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) suggest sensorimotor interaction and, specifica...