The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song
by F. W. Mott
★2.5/5
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Chapters (19)
- THE BRAIN AND THE VOICE IN SPEECH AND SONG
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE BRAIN AND THE VOICE IN SPEECH AND SONG
- THEORIES ON THE ORIGIN OF SPEECH
- THE VOCAL INSTRUMENT
- I. THE BELLOWS
- II. THE REED
- III. THE RESONATOR AND ARTICULATOR
- PATHOLOGICAL DEGENERATIVE CHANGES PRODUCING SPEECH DEFECTS AND WHAT THEY TEACH
- THE CEREBRAL MECHANISM OF SPEECH AND SONG
- SPEECH AND RIGHT-HANDEDNESS
- LOCALISATION OF SPEECH CENTRES IN THE BRAIN
- THE PRIMARY SITE OF REVIVAL OF WORDS IN SILENT THOUGHT
- CASE OF DEAFNESS ARISING FROM DESTRUCTION OF THE AUDITORY CENTRES IN THE BRAIN CAUSING LOSS OF SPEECH
- THE PRIMARY REVIVAL OF SOME SENSATIONS IN THE BRAIN
- PSYCHIC MECHANISM OF THE VOICE
- INDEX
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