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Speech production and speech perception are important human capabilities comprising cognitive as well as sensorimotor functions. This paper summarizes our work developing a neurophonetic model for speech processing, called ACT, which was carried out over the last seven years. The function modes of the model are production, perception, and acquisition. The name of our model reflects the fact that vocal tract ACTions, which constitute motor plans of speech items, are the central units in this model. Specifically (i) the structure of the model, (ii) the acquired knowledge, and (iii) the correspondence between the model’s structure and specific brain regions are discussed.
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Kröger, B.J., Kannampuzha, J., Eckers, C., Heim, S., Kaufmann, E., Neuschaefer-Rube, C. (2012). The Neurophonetic Model of Speech Processing ACT: Structure, Knowledge Acquisition, and Function Modes. In: Esposito, A., Esposito, A.M., Vinciarelli, A., Hoffmann, R., Müller, V.C. (eds) Cognitive Behavioural Systems. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7403. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34584-5_35
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