On the spatial organization of sound processing in the human temporal lobe: A meta-analysis

Schirmer, Annett; Fox, P. Mickle; Grandjean, Didier

doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.06.025

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“…Neuronal activity in the P2 time window has also been tied to the auditory "what" sensory processing stream involved in object classification (Charest et al, 2009; NOT THE FINAL VERSION Schirmer, Fox, & Grandjean, 2012), as this response seems to index motivationally salient voice qualities beyond emotions, such as voice familiarity, gender, speaker identity, and even speaker confidence (e.g., Beauchemin et al, 2006; press).…”

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Preferential decoding of emotion from human non-linguistic vocalizations versus speech prosody

Pell

Rothermich

Liu

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Biological Psychology

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This study used event-related brain potentials (ERPs) to compare the time course of emotion processing from non-linguistic vocalizations versus speech prosody, to test whether vocalizations are treated preferentially by the neurocognitive system. Participants passively listened to vocalizations or pseudo-utterances conveying anger, sadness, or happiness as the EEG was recorded. Simultaneous effects of vocal expression type and emotion were analyzed for three ERP components (N100, P200, Late Positive Component). Emotional vocalizations and speech were differentiated very early (N100) and vocalizations elicited stronger, earlier, and more differentiated P200 responses than speech. At later stages (450-700ms), anger vocalizations evoked a stronger late positivity (LPC) than other vocal expressions, which was similar but delayed for angry speech.Individuals with high trait anxiety exhibited early, heightened sensitivity to vocal emotions (particularly vocalizations). These data provide new neurophysiological evidence that vocalizations, as evolutionarily primitive signals, are accorded precedence over speech-embedded emotions in the human voice.

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Section: Early Decoding Stages: Sensory and Motivational Significancementioning

confidence: 99%

Preferential decoding of emotion from human non-linguistic vocalizations versus speech prosody

Pell

Rothermich

Liu

et al. 2015

Biological Psychology

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“…Both the lateral sulcus and the superior temporal gyrus (STG) are activated when macaques listen to monkey and human vocalizations. In addition to these two areas, the superior temporal sulcus (STS) is also activated in humans, suggesting a specialization of this area for the treatment of vocalizations in humans (Belin et al, 2000;Joly et al, 2012) or complex organized sounds such as music (Schirmer et al, 2012).…”

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A comparative neurological approach to emotional expressions in primate vocalizations

Gruber

Grandjean

2017

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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a b s t r a c tDifferent approaches from different research domains have crystallized debate over primate emotional processing and vocalizations in recent decades. On one side, researchers disagree about whether emotional states or processes in animals truly compare to those in humans. On the other, a long-held assumption is that primate vocalizations are innate communicative signals over which nonhuman primates have limited control and a mirror of the emotional state of the individuals producing them, despite growing evidence of intentional production for some vocalizations. Our goal is to connect both sides of the discussion in deciphering how the emotional content of primate calls compares with emotional vocal signals in humans. We focus particularly on neural bases of primate emotions and vocalizations to identify cerebral structures underlying emotion, vocal production, and comprehension in primates, and discuss whether particular structures or neuronal networks solely evolved for specific functions in the human brain. Finally, we propose a model to classify emotional vocalizations in primates according to four dimensions (learning, control, emotional, meaning) to allow comparing calls across species.

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“…A prioritized decoding of these emotional features by the human brain should allow fast and adaptive behavior in accordance with the social context. Regions in the bilateral superior temporal cortex (STC) of the human brain comprising the superior temporal gyrus (STG) and the middle temporal gyrus (MTG), as well as the superior temporal sulcus (STS), are generally sensitive to human voices compared with other environmental sounds (Belin et al, 2000;Schirmer et al, 2012). Furthermore, subregions within this voicesensitive cortex are also more responsive to the emotional than to the neutral tone of a voice (i.e.…”

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Multiple subregions in superior temporal cortex are differentially sensitive to vocal expressions: A quantitative meta-analysis

Frühholz¹,

Grandjean²

2013

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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a b s t r a c tVocal expressions of emotions consistently activate regions in the superior temporal cortex (STC), including regions in the primary and secondary auditory cortex (AC). Studies usually report broadly extended functional activations in response to vocal expressions, with considerable variation in peak locations across several auditory subregions. This might suggest different and distributed functional roles across these subregions instead of a uniform role for the decoding of vocal emotions. We reviewed recent studies and conducted an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis summarizing recent fMRI and PET studies dealing with the processing of vocal expressions in the STC and AC. We included two stimulus-specific factors (paraverbal/nonverbal expression, stimulus valence) and one task-specific factor (attentional focus) in the analysis. These factors considerably influenced whether functional activity was located in the AC or STC (influence of valence and attentional focus), the laterality of activations (influence of paraverbal/nonverbal expressions), and the anterior-posterior location of STC activity (influence of valence). These data suggest distributed functional roles and a differentiated network of auditory subregions in response to vocal expressions.

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On the spatial organization of sound processing in the human temporal lobe: A meta-analysis

Cited by 62 publications

References 55 publications

Preferential decoding of emotion from human non-linguistic vocalizations versus speech prosody

Preferential decoding of emotion from human non-linguistic vocalizations versus speech prosody

A comparative neurological approach to emotional expressions in primate vocalizations

Multiple subregions in superior temporal cortex are differentially sensitive to vocal expressions: A quantitative meta-analysis

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