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Functional neuroimaging of human vocalizations and affective speech

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2014

Sascha Frühholz ,
David Sander  and
Didier Grandjean
Sascha Frühholz
Affiliation:
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Sascha.fruehholz@unige.ch http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/286 David.sander@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Home.html Didier.grandjean@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/neuroemo/
David Sander
Affiliation:
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Sascha.fruehholz@unige.ch http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/286 David.sander@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Home.html Didier.grandjean@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/neuroemo/
Didier Grandjean
Affiliation:
Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland. Department of Psychology, University of Geneva, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland. Sascha.fruehholz@unige.ch http://www.affective-sciences.org/user/286 David.sander@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/EmotionLab/Home.html Didier.grandjean@unige.ch http://cms.unige.ch/fapse/neuroemo/
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Abstract

Neuroimaging studies have verified the important integrative role of the basal ganglia during affective vocalizations. They, however, also point to additional regions supporting vocal monitoring, auditory–motor feedback processing, and online adjustments of vocal motor responses. For the case of affective vocalizations, we suggest partly extending the model to fully consider the link between primate-general and human-specific neural components.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 37 , Issue 6 , December 2014 , pp. 554 - 555
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2014 

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