Research may help explain how human brain governs speech
As a bird sings, some neurons in its brain prepare to make
the next sounds while others are synchronized with the current notes—a
coordination of physical actions and brain activity that is needed to produce
complex movements, new research at the University of Chicago shows.
In an article in the current issue of Nature, neuroscientist
Daniel Margoliash and colleagues show, for the first time, how the brain is
organized to govern skilled performance—a finding that may lead to new ways of
understanding human speech production.