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Spring 2017
Stuttering is a developmental speech disorder characterized by prolongations and/or repetitions of speech sounds as well as silent blocks during speech production. It affects about 5% of children and 1% of the general population. Growing evidence shows that white matter connections of the brain...
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Fall 2019
The present doctoral thesis focused on understanding the potential imbalance of inhibitory control in neurodevelopmental stuttering. Inhibitory control is defined as an ability to suppress behaviours that are no longer needed. Two types of inhibitory control were of particular interest - reactive...