Abstract
The production of spoken language requires the orchestration of up to 100 muscle groups. In the conventional paradigm, Broca’s area in the posterior aspect of the dominant inferior frontal gyrus serves as the coordinating center for this process. Data from clinical and neuroradiological studies, however, challenge that notion and associate the insula with coordination of speech articulation. The present chapter provides a cohesive overview of contributions of the insula to speech production.
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Griessenauer, C.J., Gupta, R. (2018). Contributions of the Insula to Speech Production. In: Turgut, M., Yurttaş , C., Tubbs, R. (eds) Island of Reil (Insula) in the Human Brain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75468-0_20
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