Differential Neural Contributions to Native- and Foreign-Language Talker Identification

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1950-1960

  Perrachione, Tyler K ^a   Pierrehumbert, Janet B ^b   Wong, Patrick C M ^c,d  

^a Department of Philosophy   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Northwestern Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

hemispheric specialization; language proficiency; laterality; talker identification; voice perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649130296     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015869     Document Type: Article

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