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- Title
A Causal Role of the Cerebellum in Auditory Feedback Control of Vocal Production.
- Authors
Peng, Danhua; Lin, Qing; Chang, Yichen; Jones, Jeffery A.; Jia, Guoqing; Chen, Xi; Liu, Peng; Liu, Hanjun
- Abstract
Accumulating evidence demonstrates that the cerebellum is involved in a variety of cognitive functions. Recently, impaired auditory-motor integration for vocal control has been identified in patients with cerebellar degeneration, characterized by abnormally enhanced vocal compensations for pitch perturbations. However, the causal relationship between the cerebellum and auditory feedback during vocal production remains unclear. By applying anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (a-tDCS) over right cerebellum, the present study investigated cerebellar contributions to auditory-motor processing of feedback errors during vocal pitch regulation. Twenty young adults participated in a frequency-altered-feedback (FAF) task, in which they vocalized vowel sounds and heard their voice unexpectedly pitch-shifted by ± 50 or ± 200 cents. Active or sham cerebellar a-tDCS was applied either prior to or during the FAF task. Compensatory vocal responses to pitch perturbations were measured and compared across the conditions. Active cerebellar a-tDCS led to significantly larger and slower vocal compensations for pitch perturbations than sham stimulation. Moreover, this modulatory effect was observed regardless of the timing of cerebellar a-tDCS as well as the size and direction of the pitch perturbation. These findings provide the first causal evidence that the cerebellum is essentially involved in auditory feedback control of vocal production. Enhanced and slowed vocal compensations caused by cerebellar a-tDCS may be related to its inhibition on the prefrontal cortex that exerts inhibitory control over vocal compensation behavior, suggesting the importance of the cerebrocerebellar connections in this feedback control process.
- Subjects
TRANSCRANIAL direct current stimulation; PRODUCTION control; CEREBELLUM; COGNITIVE ability; CEREBELLUM degeneration
- Publication
Cerebellum, 2021, Vol 20, Issue 4, p584
- ISSN
1473-4222
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12311-021-01230-1