Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex

Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3146-3152

  Yao, Bo ^a   Belin, Pascal ^a   Scheepers, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRECT SPEECH; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGERY; INDIRECT SPEECH; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SILENT READING; SIMULATION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPONTANEOUS IMAGERY; VOICE SELECTIVE AREA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPREADING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OXYGEN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860388859     PISSN: 0898929X     EISSN: 15308898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/jocn_a_00022     Document Type: Article

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