Stuttering

Myth: If I do not stutter in some situations (eg singing, reading in chorus, talking with another accent, to represent a character, whisper), is a sign that can be fluent in all situations. If I can not always be fluent, it's my fault.

Reality: Depending on the context, the speech is processed by different parts of the brain. Variations situational stuttering - though they may sound unduly as an emotional or social anxiety - merely reflect differences in how the brain processes speech according to the circumstances, one of two systems using pre-engines to make the movement of temporalization : the medial premotor system or the system pre-motor side. In stuttering, the medial premotor system, responsible for spontaneous speech and integrated by the basal ganglia, is what tends to be compromised. Moreover, the lateral premotor system, responsible for non-spontaneous speech (like talking to myself, singing, reading in chorus, play a character and whisper) and integrated by the cerebellum tends to be intact. Thus, the improvement of stuttering in situations that do not involve spontaneous speech is expected and does not mean that this improvement may be transferred to spontaneous speech, since they are distinct processes.