Hearing speech causes the listener to feel corresponding mouth and tongue movements on their own face.
Inducer
speech
Concurrent
touch
Category
Auditory Tactile
Mirror-speech synesthesia causes the listener to feel corresponding mouth and tongue movements on their own face when hearing speech. When someone says 'hello,' the synesthete involuntarily feels their own lips and tongue mimicking the movements. Related to mirror-touch synesthesia, involving hyperactivation of the speech motor cortex during auditory speech processing.
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View publication →Mottonen, R. & Watkins, K.E. (2012). Using TMS to study the articulatory motor system in speech perception. Aphasiology, 26(9).
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