Implicitly perceived vocal attractiveness modulates prefrontal cortex activity

Cerebral Cortex

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1263-1270

  Bestelmeyer, Patricia E G ^a,e   Latinus, Marianne ^a   Bruckert, Laetitia ^b   Rouger, Julien ^c   Crabbe, Frances ^a   Belin, Pascal ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

auditory cortex; Broca's area; implicit; nonverbal communication; voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861557519     PISSN: 10473211     EISSN: 14602199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhr204     Document Type: Article

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