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Predictive coordination of breathing during speaking and listening

Omid Abbasi, Daniel S. Kluger, Nikos Chalas, Nadine Steingräber, Lars Meyer, Joachim Gross
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.23.517631
Omid Abbasi
1Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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  • For correspondence: abbasi@wwu.de daniel.kluger@wwu.de
Daniel S. Kluger
1Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
2Otto-Creutzfeldt-Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Nikos Chalas
1Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
2Otto-Creutzfeldt-Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Nadine Steingräber
1Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Lars Meyer
3Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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Joachim Gross
1Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignal Analysis, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
2Otto-Creutzfeldt-Center for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
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Abstract

It has long been known that human breathing is altered during listening and speaking compared to rest. Theoretical models of human communication suggest two distinct phenomena during speaking and listening: During speaking, inhalation depth is adjusted to the air volume required for the upcoming utterance. During listening, inhalation is temporally aligned to inhalation of the speaker. While evidence for the former is relatively strong, it is virtually absent for the latter. We address both questions using recordings of speech envelope and respiration in 30 participants during 14 minutes of speaking and listening. We extend existing evidence for the first phenomenon by using the speech envelope to show that inhalation depth is positively correlated with the total power of the speech envelope in the following utterance. Pertaining to the second phenomenon, we provide first evidence that inhalation during listening to your own speech is significantly more likely at time points of inhalation during speaking. These findings are compatible with models that postulate alignment of internal forward models of interlocutors with the aim to facilitate communication.

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Predictive coordination of breathing during speaking and listening
Omid Abbasi, Daniel S. Kluger, Nikos Chalas, Nadine Steingräber, Lars Meyer, Joachim Gross
bioRxiv 2022.11.23.517631; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.23.517631
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Predictive coordination of breathing during speaking and listening
Omid Abbasi, Daniel S. Kluger, Nikos Chalas, Nadine Steingräber, Lars Meyer, Joachim Gross
bioRxiv 2022.11.23.517631; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.11.23.517631

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