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Understanding Voice Perception
Author(s) -
Belin Pascal,
Bestelmeyer Patricia E. G.,
Latinus Marianne,
Watson Rebecca
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.2011.02041.x
Subject(s) - psychology , perception , cognitive psychology , neuroimaging , auditory perception , affect (linguistics) , speech perception , face (sociological concept) , identity (music) , face perception , information processing , communication , neuroscience , linguistics , philosophy , physics , acoustics
Voices carry large amounts of socially relevant information on persons, much like ‘auditory faces'. Following Bruce and Young (1986)'s seminal model of face perception, we propose that the cerebral processing of vocal information is organized in interacting but functionally dissociable pathways for processing the three main types of vocal information: speech, identity, and affect. The predictions of the ‘auditory face' model of voice perception are reviewed in the light of recent clinical, psychological, and neuroimaging evidence.