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FA-Fractional anisotropy- is a measure often used in diffusion imaging where it is thought to reflect fiber density, axonal diameter, and myelination in white matter Excerpts from study findings… ...

It's a convenient theory for big pharma to reduce stuttering to a single neurotransmitter. I wish more research nowadays went into understanding the environmental and psychological factors instead of ...

There are some research papers suggesting a correlation between dopamine pathways and stuttering. When we're in need of something (whether it's love, acknowledgement, sex, money) it produces dopamine ...

My thoughts about stuttering - need to share.

My thoughts about stuttering - need to share. Hey guys, I want to share and discuss something with you about stammering. I’ve been moderate stutterer since my 20’s…before that time I was able to t...

It sounds like the psychiatrist that u/Thealyn_ found was actually not very well informed but I wouldn't say that there's no kernel of truth to what they said. As far as I understand, stuttering is a...

Do you mean 'only stuttering not when you are talking to urself' by 'in front of people‘? If so, then it is very common cuz when you are facing with others, your anxieties and fears will be increase...

No, your conclusion totally runs counter to the truth. Instead, stutter is purely a neuromuscular speech fluency disorder for most of PWS and when stutter happens, there are excessive tensions forced ...

How much do therapists and psychiatrists know about stutter?

How much do therapists and psychiatrists know about stutter? Hi everyone! I was thinking about a therapist I used to see a few months ago. She wasn't necessarily a bad therapist, I just feel like she ...

It's more akin to something like Tourette Syndrome. Has neurological origins but not likely to be classified as a conventional psychiatric condition by the relevant field of experts....

If you were mute then you would lose more opportunities cuz some majors or jobs are straightforward refusing mute employees and won't admit of any of them as one of their staffs or whatnot. And you wi...

Yes there is some kind of damage in our brains. https://stamurai.com/blog/cellular-causes-of-stuttering-in-adults-and-children/...

Developed mine in my mid-50s after a brain infection. Interestingly, a neurogenic stutter can encompass all the stutter types, as well as mid-sentence blocking. Listening to me talk sometimes sounds l...

Some of PWS are deficient in the auditory feedback and if I am not false, you also can't understand easily what others are saying when you are placed in a noisy environment right?...

I have the same issue. It has caused me to talk to myself a lot because I have a lot to say. I usually try to carry the conversation but it gets annoying when I am the only one carrying the conversati...

Thanks for advice. I'm trying to figure out something about stuttering, the fact that I can speak well when talking at the same time with someone, should be the key to understand more about it. just w...

I think speaking to others without stuttering 10 hours a day will be likely to have way more positive effects on your stuttering. But according to Cognitive Science, different situations/occasions wi...

Hahahah a neurologist is gonna be the best compliment i ever receive!! Nah i just got interested in why it happens, have had a stutter my whole life and attended many many speech therapists before tha...

For those with persistent developmental stuttering (PDS) I believe it to be a neurological disease with psychological components....

I actually think that my stuttering come from my ADHD that was lately diagnosed so it has branched up to anxiety which caused my self-esteem dropped heavily....

I would not say it’s a disease but a different activation in areas of the brain being over activated than others. Along the lines of neurodivergent brains...