Voice-Sensitive Areas in the Brain: A Single Participant Study Coupled With Brief Evolutionary Psychological Considerations
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Varvatsoulias, George
Abstract / Description
This empirical single-participant fMRI case study partially replicates Belin, Zatorre, Lafaille, Ahad, and Pike (2000) research on voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex. It hypothesises that brain areas, sensitive to human vocal sounds, show greater neural activation than non-human ones. A 1X3 ANOVA design was used in this study contrasted by two conditions: sound vs. silence and voice vs. non-voice. The findings supported the hypothesis, noting also possible individual differences to the degree of voice activation in both hemispheres. Suggestions for a future replication could discuss voice/non-voice and speech/non-speech neuronal activation in the brain, auditory and visual neural responsiveness to voice and face modalities, and evolutionary assumptions in regard to sound- and voice-selective reactivity.
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superior temporal sulci superior temporal gyri evolutionary psychologyPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2014-04-30
Journal title
Psychological Thought
Volume
7
Issue
1
Page numbers
66–79
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PsychOpen GOLD
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peerReviewed
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Varvatsoulias, G. (2014). Voice-Sensitive Areas in the Brain: A Single Participant Study Coupled With Brief Evolutionary Psychological Considerations. Psychological Thought, 7(1), 66–79. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i1.98
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Varvatsoulias, George
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Date of first publication2014-04-30
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Abstract / DescriptionThis empirical single-participant fMRI case study partially replicates Belin, Zatorre, Lafaille, Ahad, and Pike (2000) research on voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex. It hypothesises that brain areas, sensitive to human vocal sounds, show greater neural activation than non-human ones. A 1X3 ANOVA design was used in this study contrasted by two conditions: sound vs. silence and voice vs. non-voice. The findings supported the hypothesis, noting also possible individual differences to the degree of voice activation in both hemispheres. Suggestions for a future replication could discuss voice/non-voice and speech/non-speech neuronal activation in the brain, auditory and visual neural responsiveness to voice and face modalities, and evolutionary assumptions in regard to sound- and voice-selective reactivity.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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CitationVarvatsoulias, G. (2014). Voice-Sensitive Areas in the Brain: A Single Participant Study Coupled With Brief Evolutionary Psychological Considerations. Psychological Thought, 7(1), 66–79. https://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i1.98en_US
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ISSN2193-7281
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1582
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1948
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/psyct.v7i1.98
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Keyword(s)superior temporal sulcien_US
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Keyword(s)superior temporal gyrien_US
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Keyword(s)evolutionary psychologyen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleVoice-Sensitive Areas in the Brain: A Single Participant Study Coupled With Brief Evolutionary Psychological Considerationsen_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue1
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Journal titlePsychological Thought
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Page numbers66–79
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Volume7
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