postr/StutterSeptember 16, 2022

A new framework for understanding stuttering:The Dual Premotor Model

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A new framework for understanding stuttering:The Dual Premotor Model >An explanatory model is proposed: the dual premotor systems theory of stuttering. > >Timing of speech segments may be cued by either of two parallel premotor systems, the > >lateral and the medial. Stuttering is suggested to be related to impaired cues from the > >medial system (including the basal ganglia). An important factor may be impaired input > >from the motor cortex to the basal ganglia, leaving the basal ganglia out of control and > >subject to disproportionately strong emotional influence from the limbic system. Most > >fluency inducing conditions are proposed to shift speech timing from the medial to the > >lateral system https://preview.redd.it/awvzurumf6o91.png?width=809&format=png&auto=webp&s=b63d24f0c21f49bbc88d8046349927f815d79fd2 ​ ​ https://preview.redd.it/0zlp4obof6o91.png?width=775&format=png&auto=webp&s=65197b60f8292a637ab2a78bbf497e8a986267ad ​ ​ https://preview.redd.it/iyj1lempf6o91.png?width=773&format=png&auto=webp&s=bde2dd72b0ceb065b458b075846a48d688e45b3c Resource:[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335110840\_A\_new\_framework\_for\_understanding\_stuttering\_the\_dual\_premotor\_model](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335110840_A_new_framework_for_understanding_stuttering_the_dual_premotor_model)

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Causes & Variability

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Neurological & BrainStress & Fight/Flight