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World Service,1 min

What happens in the brain when you stutter?

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Neuroscientist Dr Soo-Eun Chang, from the University of Michigan, explains what happens in the brain when humans stutter. With hundreds of muscles and many parts of the brain involved, speaking is one of the most complex tasks that humans perform. (Photo: A stuttering child exercises with her speech therapist. Credit: Getty Images)

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