How stuttering develops: The multifactorial dynamic pathways theory

A Smith, C Weber - Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2017 - ASHA
Purpose We advanced a multifactorial, dynamic account of the complex, nonlinear
interactions of motor, linguistic, and emotional factors contributing to the development of …

The epigenome in neurodevelopmental disorders

J Reichard, G Zimmer-Bensch - Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Neurodevelopmental diseases (NDDs), such as autism spectrum disorders, epilepsy, and
schizophrenia, are characterized by diverse facets of neurological and psychiatric …

Structural and functional abnormalities of the motor system in developmental stuttering

KE Watkins, SM Smith, S Davis, P Howell - Brain, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Though stuttering is manifest in its motor characteristics, the cause of stuttering may not
relate purely to impairments in the motor system as stuttering frequency is increased by …

The neurobiological grounding of persistent stuttering: from structure to function

NE Neef, A Anwander, AD Friederici - Current neurology and neuroscience …, 2015 - Springer
Neuroimaging and transcranial magnetic stimulation provide insights into the neuronal
mechanisms underlying speech disfluencies in chronic persistent stuttering. In the present …

Overreliance on auditory feedback may lead to sound/syllable repetitions: simulations of stuttering and fluency-inducing conditions with a neural model of speech …

O Civier, SM Tasko, FH Guenther - Journal of fluency disorders, 2010 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the hypothesis that stuttering may result in part from impaired
readout of feedforward control of speech, which forces persons who stutter (PWS) to …

Language abilities of children who stutter: A meta-analytical review

K Ntourou, EG Conture, MW Lipsey - 2011 - ASHA
Purpose To identify, integrate, and summarize evidence from empirical studies of the
language abilities of children who stutter (CWS) and children who do not stutter (CWNS) …

Prosodic planning: Effects of phrasal length and complexity on pause duration

J Krivokapić - Journal of phonetics, 2007 - Elsevier
Research on pause duration has mainly focused on the impact of syntactic structure on the
duration of pauses within an utterance and on the impact of syntax, discourse, and prosodic …

Disrupted white matter in language and motor tracts in developmental stuttering

EL Connally, D Ward, P Howell, KE Watkins - Brain and language, 2014 - Elsevier
White matter tracts connecting areas involved in speech and motor control were examined
using diffusion-tensor imaging in a sample of people who stutter (n= 29) who were …

Stuttering as a trait or state–an ALE meta‐analysis of neuroimaging studies

M Belyk, SJ Kraft, S Brown - European Journal of Neuroscience, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Stuttering is a speech disorder characterised by repetitions, prolongations and blocks that
disrupt the forward movement of speech. An earlier meta‐analysis of brain imaging studies …

Cognitive processing load as a determinant of stuttering: Summary of a research programme

HG Bosshardt - Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The present paper integrates the results of experimental studies in which cognitive
differences between stuttering and nonstuttering adults were investigated. In a monitoring …