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Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets.

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Eliades, SJ; Tsunada, J
Published in: Nat Commun
June 29, 2018

Vocal communication is a sensory-motor process requiring auditory self-monitoring to correct errors and to ensure accurate vocal production. When presented with altered speech feedback, humans rapidly change their speech to compensate. Although previous evidence has demonstrated suppression of auditory cortex during both speech and animal vocalization, the specific role of auditory cortex in such feedback-dependent control is unknown. Here we show the relationship between neural activity in the auditory cortex and feedback-dependent vocal control in marmoset monkeys. We demonstrate that marmosets, like humans, exhibit feedback control of vocal acoustics. We further show that feedback-sensitive activity of auditory cortex neurons predict such compensatory vocal changes. Finally, we demonstrate that electrical microstimulation of auditory cortex rapidly evokes similar changes in vocal production. These results are evidence for a causal role of auditory cortex in vocal self-monitoring and feedback-dependent control, and have implications for understanding human speech motor control.

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Nat Commun

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2041-1723

Publication Date

June 29, 2018

Volume

9

Issue

1

Start / End Page

2540

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Speech
  • Pattern Recognition, Physiological
  • Neurons
  • Neural Pathways
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feedback, Sensory
  • Electrodes, Implanted
 

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Eliades, S. J., & Tsunada, J. (2018). Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets. Nat Commun, 9(1), 2540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04961-8
Eliades, Steven J., and Joji Tsunada. “Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets.Nat Commun 9, no. 1 (June 29, 2018): 2540. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04961-8.
Eliades SJ, Tsunada J. Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets. Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 29;9(1):2540.
Eliades, Steven J., and Joji Tsunada. “Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets.Nat Commun, vol. 9, no. 1, June 2018, p. 2540. Pubmed, doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04961-8.
Eliades SJ, Tsunada J. Auditory cortical activity drives feedback-dependent vocal control in marmosets. Nat Commun. 2018 Jun 29;9(1):2540.

Published In

Nat Commun

DOI

EISSN

2041-1723

Publication Date

June 29, 2018

Volume

9

Issue

1

Start / End Page

2540

Location

England

Related Subject Headings

  • Vocalization, Animal
  • Speech
  • Pattern Recognition, Physiological
  • Neurons
  • Neural Pathways
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feedback, Sensory
  • Electrodes, Implanted