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Male and female voices activate distinct regions in the male brain

Sokhi, Dilraj S., Hunter, Michael D., Wilkinson, Iain D., Woodruff, Peter W.R.·2005·NeuroImage
DOI 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.04.023
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In schizophrenia, auditory verbal hallucinations (AVHs) are likely to be perceived as gender-specific. Given that functional neuro-imaging correlates of AVHs involve multiple brain regions principally including auditory cortex, it is likely that those brain regions responsible for attribution of gender to speech are invoked during AVHs. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and a paradigm utilising 'gender-apparent' (unaltered) and 'gender-ambiguous' (pitch-scaled) male and female voice stimuli to test the hypothesis that male and female voices activate distinct brain areas during gender attribution. The perception of female voices, when compared with male voices, affected greater activation of the right anterior superior temporal gyrus, near the superior temporal sulcus. Similarly, male voice perception activated the mesio-parietal precuneus area. These different gender associations could not be explained by either simple pitch perception or behavioural response because the activations that we observed were conjointly activated by both 'gender-apparent' and 'gender-ambiguous' voices. The results of this study demonstrate that, in the male brain, the perception of male and female voices activates distinct brain regions.

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Authors
Sokhi, D. S., Hunter, M. D., Wilkinson, I. D., & Woodruff, P. W. R.
Affiliations
University of Sheffield (GB)
Corresponding author
Woodruff, Peter W.R.
ORCID
Venue
NeuroImage
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2005-09
Volume
27
Issue
3
Pages
572-578
ISSN
1053-8119 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.neuroimage.2005.04.023
OpenAlex
W2066592281
Cited by
87
References
40
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 1 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 4
FWCI
1.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • NeuroImage (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Wellcome Trust
  • University of Sheffield
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hallucinations in medical conditions
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
Keywords
voice perception, gender attribution, auditory verbal hallucinations, schizophrenia, pitch perception, superior temporal sulcus, precuneus, auditory cortex
MeSH terms
Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Brain, Cerebral Cortex, Female, Gender Identity, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Pitch Perception, Sex Characteristics, Voice

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