Project

Neurophysiological aspects of speech disfluencies

Code
01D30509
Duration
01 October 2009 → 30 September 2014
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Biological and physiological psychology
    • Cognitive science and intelligent systems
    • Developmental psychology and ageing
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Neurosciences
    • Neurosciences
Keywords
neurophysiology developmental stuttering brain activation EEG rTMS
 
Project description

In a study of the spectral changer of the EEG during language perception and language production in individuals with developmental stuttering and normal controls differences in temporal brain activation will be examined. Next we will try to elicit dysfluencies in normal speaking volunteers through rTMS at the left frontal lobe.