The present study was aimed to investigate on the plausible neurological mechanism underlying what is called "noise effects", meaning that stuttering frequency is significantly reduced during reading-aloud conditions with background noises (i.e., whit...
The present study was aimed to investigate on the plausible neurological mechanism underlying what is called "noise effects", meaning that stuttering frequency is significantly reduced during reading-aloud conditions with background noises (i.e., white noise, choral speech, multispeaker babble) provided. To this aim, paricipants who stutter and normally fluent speakers were asked to read aloud a series of sentences with a variety of background noises provided and during the time functional magnetic resonance imaging(fMRI) and diffusion tensor imaging(DTI) were implemented to examine whether there are any significant differences in a degree or locus of cortical activation across the brain and neural integrity in a variety of a bundle of subcortical neurofibers especially associated with a network of speech production.