Abnormal eye movements and stuttering: how they may be connected

Abnormal eye movements and stuttering: how they may be connected If we are to understand stuttering then I think that we should make an effort to connect secondary behaviors with primary behaviors. The frontal and supplementary eye field is a region of the frontal cortex associated with eye movement. Unlike other motor functions which are mostly delegated to the primary motor cortex and the premotor cortex, the frontal and supplementary eye fields have special brain regions likely because eye movement requires incredible precision. Given that the frontal and supplementary eye fields are located in the same lobe as the Broca's area, a region of the brain associated with motor speech production, and stutterers often report that stuttering results in abnormal eye movements, is it a stretch to say that stuttering may be briefly interfering with the proper functioning of the frontal and supplementary eye fields, causing abnormal eye movements (diverted gaze that seems 'forced' upon you, forced upward gaze, etc)? Secondary behaviors probably do overlap with behaviors caused by anxiety, but I also think that some secondary behaviors (such as a forced lateral gaze while speaking) are simply to bizarre to explain away with anxiety.