Zhinkina Nikolai Ivanovich

(1893-1979) - Soviet psychologist. Investigated the psychological and physiological mechanisms of the process of generating speech reactions. Dynamic 'utterance' unit of speech considered syllable. Identified three systems, . providing acoustic effect uttered speech: generator (organs, . generating sound), , . resonating sound) and energy (the mechanism of respiration), . Managed two levels of regulation of word - voluntary and involuntary ( 'Mechanisms of speech', . 1958),
. Developed and psychological problems of verbal communication, understanding of the text of the speech of students.