The potential role of a size-scaling principle in orofacial movements for speech was examined by using between-group (adults vs. 5-yr-old children) as well as within-group correlational analyses. Movements of the lower lip and jaw were recorded during speech production, and anthropometric measures of orofacial structures were made. Adult women produced speech movements of equal amplitude and ve...

BACKGROUND Diabetes, obesity, and overweight are prevalent pregnancy complications that predispose offspring to neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and schizophrenia. Although male individuals are three to four times more likely than female individuals to develop these disorders, the mechanisms driving the sex specificity of disease vulnerab...

According to the sensorimotor approach, perception is a form of embodied know-how, constituted by lawful regularities in the sensorimotor flow or in sensorimotor contingencies (SMCs) in an active and situated agent. Despite the attention that this approach has attracted, there have been few attempts to define its core concepts formally. In this paper, we examine the idea of SMCs and argue that ...

Working memory serves as a basis for many cognitive functions, including attention, decision-making, and learning. When engaged, it is often associated with an increase in the average neural firing rates across different sensory sensorimotor regions of brain. However, modulation rate extrastriate cortex, involved visual processing, has never been reported during maintenance information. Here, f...

Impairments in the sensorimotor system negatively impact ability of individuals to perform daily activities autonomously. Upper limb rehabilitation for stroke survivors and cerebral palsy (CP) children is essential enhance independence quality life. Robot assisted therapy has been a bright solution last two decades promote recovery process neurological disorders patients. Nevertheless, defining...

schwartz-jampel syndrome, (sjs) is a rare disorder characterized by myotonia, joint contracture, facial dysmorphism and growth retardation, we present three siblings (two sisters and one brother) 19,24 and 27 years old from consanguineous healthy parents with sjs. their clinical features were similar to those previously described. motor and sensory nerve conduction study (ncs) were compatible w...