Mental operations in rhythm: Motor-to-sensory transformation mediates imagined singing.

What enables the mental activities of thinking verbally or humming in our mind? We hypothesized that the interaction between motor and sensory systems induces speech and melodic mental representations, and this motor-to-sensory transformation forms the neural basis that enables our verbal thinking a...

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Main Authors: Yanzhu Li, Huan Luo, Xing Tian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-10-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000504