Hodological organization of spoken language production and singing in the human brain.

ABSTRACT: Theories expounding the neural relationship between speech and singing range from sharing neural circuitry, to relying on opposite hemispheres. Yet, hodological studies exploring their shared and distinct neural networks remain scarce. In this study, we combine a white matter connectometry approach together with comprehensive and naturalistic appraisal of verbal expression during spoken language production and singing in a sample of individuals with post-stroke aphasia. Our results reveal that both spoken language production and singing are mainly supported by the left hemisphere language network and projection pathways. However, while spoken language production mostly engaged dorsal and ventral streams of speech processing, singing was associated primarily with the left ventral stream. Th

SUBMITTER: Pitkaniemi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10371982 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature