Neural Control of Speech is a landmark treatment of the most complex motor system in existence. Frank Guenther provides the first truly comprehensive and unified account of speech motor control. It includes discussions of the cortical, cerebellar, and basal ganglia neural systems involved in speech motor control, and of the behavioral feedforward and feedback functions performed by these systems. Moreover, it provides a lucid review of the extensive literature, including speech motor development and pathology. Above all, Guenther's DIVA model provides a unified, transparent perspective on this fascinating human ability. This book is bound to become a classic, a must-read for any speech scientist or therapist.
Willem Levelt, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Frank Guenther achieves an unprecedented amalgamation of the behavioral and neurological discoveries that define the contemporary understanding of speech in health and neurological disease. The synthesis of this vast array of scientific information is coupled with ingenious advances in computational modeling, thereby giving the reader a privileged perspective on what is known along with a set of powerful tools for future research into the human faculty of speech.
Raymond D. Kent, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin-Madison, editor, The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders
This fascinating book situated within the triangle of motor control, psycholinguistics, and neuroscience is the first to provide a coherent view of how speaking is implemented in the brain. Frank H. Guenther is highly knowledgeable in all three domains, and his writing style makes these topics easy to grasp.
Angela D. Friederici, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
