Dr Charlie Wiltshire
Lecturer in Psychology

Research
Dr. Wiltshire's research aims to understand the neural control of speech production, with a specific interest in developmental stuttering.
During her postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig-Maximillains-University (LMU), Munich she combined brain stimulation techniques (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) and articulography (Electromagneticarticulography, vocal tract MRI) to investigate the neural processes underlying the initiation and inhibition of speech movements in people who stutter and people who are typically fluent.
Dr. Wiltshire completed her DPhil at the University of Oxford in 2020, with Kate Watkins. During her DPhil, she contributed to a large randomised control trial looking at whether tDCS can enhance fluency in people who stutter (INSTEP trial). Within this, she used a range of techniques, including tDCS, TMS and brain and vocal tract MRI, to investigate the neural control of speech in people who stutter and people who are typically fluent.
Education / academic qualifications
- 2020 - DPhil , Investigating Speech Motor Control Using Vocal Tract Imaging, fMRI, and Brain Stimulation (2001)
Research outputs (4)
Characteristics of articulatory gestures in stuttered speech: A case study using real-time magnetic resonance imaging
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Elevated iron concentration in putamen and cortical speech motor network in developmental stuttering
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Speech Movement Variability in People Who Stutter: A Vocal Tract Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Accolades (2)
The Travers Reid Award 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Editor's Award: JSHLR, Speech Section
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)