NIH R01 · 2025
The overlap of speech production and verbal working memory
Abstract To enable the expression of ideas in everyday conversation, our brain must hold on to speech information for short periods of time in verbal working memory (vWM). This is particularly important for everyday conversation that takes place in chaotic environments: Plans for speaking change quickly, and the brain has to adapt to these changes. Previous models of vWM, have suggested that vWM is anatomically and functionally discrete, with only indirect interactions with speech production. Evidence from lesions following strokes however, have shown a wide range of speech production deficits that are also associated with problems with vWM, arguing against a strong dissociation between…
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