Are articulatory settings mechanically advantageous for speech motor control?

We address the hypothesis that postures adopted during grammatical pauses in speech production are more "mechanically advantageous" than absolute rest positions for facilitating efficient postural motor control of vocal tract articulators. We quantify vocal tract posture corresponding to i...

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Main Authors: Vikram Ramanarayanan, Adam Lammert, Louis Goldstein, Shrikanth Narayanan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4136795?pdf=render