Fourth International Nijmegen Speech Motor Conference

该提案要求为将于2001年7月在荷兰奈梅亨举行的运动语言障碍和流利性研究会议提供部分资金。计划中的会议将集中讨论与言语神经组织、言语运动控制和言语产生障碍有关的言语产生的最新模型和研究成果。本次会议将是第四届国际奈梅亨语言运动会议。其前任分别于1985年、1990年和1996年举行。会议之间的间隔大约为五年，这保证了有许多新资料可供介绍，并且在此期间有极好的机会综合研究结果。早期会议发表的论文集是具有里程碑意义的出版物，记录了在理解语言运动控制方面的进展，重点是流利障碍。以前的会议平均出席人数约为115人，其中美国科学家是最大的国家代表。这项提案为来自美国的科学家寻求旅行支持，包括受邀演讲者和来自少数族裔的科学家。

This proposal requests partial funding for a research conference on motor speech disorders and fluency to be held in Nijmegen, The Netherlands, in July 2001. The planned conference will focus on recent models and research findings in speech production as related to the neural organization of speech, speech motor control, and disorders in speech production. This conference would be the Fourth International Nijmegen Speech Motor Conference. Its predecessors were held in 1985, 1990, and 1996. The approximately five-year intervals between conferences insures that much new information is available for presentation and that there is an excellent opportunity to synthesis research findings over the period. The published proceedings from the earlier conferences have been landmark publications that record progress in the understanding of speech motor control with an emphasis on fluency disorders. Attendance at previous conferences has averaged about 115, with scientists from the U.S.A. being the largest national representation. This proposal seeks travel support for scientists from the U.S.A., including invited speakers and scientists from under represented minorities.