Hermann Ackermann

TL;DR: Findings indicate that partially distinct cerebral networks subserve processing of phonetic and intonational information during speech perception, as well as distinguishing the cerebral network engaged in the perception of emotional tone.

TL;DR: Findings corroborate the assumption that the left insula supports the coordination of speech articulation and suggest that the right insula might mediate temporo-spatial control of vocal tract musculature during overt singing.

TL;DR: These findings suggest the left insula to contribute to the actual coordination of the up to 100 muscles engaged in articulation and phonation in speech motor control.

TL;DR: Evidence is provided for two levels of speech motor control bound, most presumably, to motor preparation and execution processes, which help to explain clinical observations such as an unimpaired or even accelerated speaking rate in Parkinson disease and slowed speech tempo, which does not fall below a rate of 3 Hz, in cerebellar disorders.