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Very important bible to understand the vocal apparatus! Must of us have a voice, but how many of us can explain how it works? Because it is so hidden from sight, contrary to arms and leg muscle actions, and also because it requires a living human to study, the complex functioning of the voice box has been a mystery until quite recently in the history of humanity.

Guenther is THE reference to understand the neural basis of the human voice and voice disorders. It is not really possible to study the neurology of speech on mice which makes all this research even more fascinating.

I am very grateful to have had the chance to shortly overlap with Max Little at the MIT Media Lab and discovering his work was a key factor in my own research path. The magical potential of his research, and how generously he would explain it to me, were really inspirational. I recommend reading his PhD thesis for more in-depth understanding.

Very inspirational paper on the phenomenology of inner speech from common behavioral to cerebral correlates that also describes different types of inner speech. Also useful to understand better the feedback and feedforward models in speech.

Very well written paper on some of the hidden powers of the voice in group dynamics and interpersonal action coordination. Another instance of the fact that the voice is not a passive tool but very active both inside of us and with others.

When you open your mouth to produce a vocal sound, your own auditory cortex "shuts down." The experiments described in this paper help us understand how the auditory cortex modulates its activity as a function of the expected acoustic feedback.