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Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song

Name: Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song
Author: Frederick Walker Mott

Frederick Walker Mott

Read by Marya James · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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Theories on the origin of speech (14:42)
The vocal instrument part 1 (21:57)
The vocal instrument part 2 (17:16)
The vocal instrument part 3; Pathological Degenerative Changes Producting Speech Defects and What They Teach (20:21)
The cerebral mechanism of speech and song; Speech and Right Handedness (17:58)
Localisation of speech centers in the brain; The Primary Site of Revival of Words in Silent Thought (15:37)
Case of deafness arising from destruction of auditory centres in the brain causing loss of speech (14:54)
Primary revival of some sensations in the brain; Psychic Mechanism of the Voice (20:29)