Functional Connectivity and Speech Entrainment Speech Entrainment Improves Connectivity Between Anterior and Posterior Cortical Speech Areas in Non-fluent Aphasia.

Lisa JohnsonGrigori YourganovAlexandra BasilakosRoger David Newman-NorlundHelga ThorsLynsey KeatorChris RordenLeonardo BonilhaJulius Fridriksson

Published in: Neurorehabilitation and neural repair (2021)

Overall, these results suggest that SE promotes normalization of functional connectivity (i.e., return to patterns observed in neurotypical controls), which may explain why individuals with non-fluent aphasia produce more fluent speech during SE compared to spontaneous speech.

Keyphrases

functional connectivity
resting state
hearing loss
multiple sclerosis
white matter