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The Functional Anatomy of Speech Processing: From Auditory Cortex to Speech Recognition and Speech Production

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Lesion-based research has been successful in providing a broad outline of the neuroanatomy of speech/language processes (Dronkers et al. 2000; Hillis 2007), and continues to play a crucial role in the development of functional anatomic models of cognitive processes (Fellows et al. 2005). However, lesion studies lack the spatial resolution to assess more detailed functional anatomical hypotheses. Functional imaging methods such as fMRI, when appropriately, guided and constrained by lesion and other methods, can provide much needed information.

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    Although conduction aphasia is often characterized as a disorder of repetition, it is clear that the deficit extends well beyond this one task (Hickok et al. 2000). In fact, Wernicke first identified conduction aphasia as a disorder of speech production in the face of preserved comprehension (Wernicke 1874/1969). It was only later that Lichtheim introduced repetition as a convenient diagnostic tool for assessing the integrity of the link between sensory and motor speech systems (Lichtheim 1885).

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