"The Neurological Path to Speech Formation"

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have used Neuropixels probes to map out how neurons in the human brain work together to think about and produce words before speaking. They found separate groups of neurons dedicated to speaking and listening, shedding light on the complex cognitive steps involved in speech production and opening up possibilities for treating speech and language disorders. The study's findings could lead to advancements in artificial prosthetics for synthetic speech, benefiting those with neurological disorders, and also pave the way for brain-machine interfaces for synthetic speech.