The emergence of cerebral specialization for the human voice over the first months of life

Social Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-330

  Lloyd Fox, S ^a   Blasi, A ^b   Mercure, E ^c   Elwell, C E ^d   Johnson, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS); Infancy; STS region; Voice processing

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEARING; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OXYHEMOGLOBINS; SPECTROSCOPY, NEAR-INFRARED; TIME FACTORS; VOICE;

EID: 84860324711     PISSN: 17470919     EISSN: 17470927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470919.2011.614696     Document Type: Article

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