Imagine that painless electrodes could be attached to a person's throat and the electrodes picked up subvocal electromyographic activity that was directly related to the speech the person herad. This outcome would provide strong support for

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The motor theory of speech perception proposes that when we hear speech, we are not only processing the acoustic signals but also generating a motor plan in our brains to produce the speech ourselves. Painless electrodes picking up subvocal electromyographic activity related to the speech the person heard would provide direct evidence to support this theory.

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