Who is telling what from where? A functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Abstract
The human central-auditory system exhibits distinct lateralization effects (speech, space) and encompasses different processing pathways (where, what, who). Using spatialized pseudoword utterances, attentional modulation of the networks bound to sound source localization ('where'), voice recognition ('who'), and the encoding of phonetic-linguistic information ('what') was evaluated by silent functional magnetic resonance imaging. The 'where'-pathway was found to be restricted to posterior parts of the left superior temporal gyrus, speaker ('auditory face') identification exclusively activated temporal lobe structures, and the representation of the sound structure of the utterances was associated with hemodynamic activation of Broca's area. Speech perception in space, therefore, engages at least three distinct neural networks. Furthermore, the findings indicate that voice recognition may depend upon template matching within auditory association cortex whereas the sequencing of phonetic-linguistic information extends to frontal areas.
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Posterior parts of the left superior temporal gyrus are involved in the spatial localization of speech.
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- Authors
- Mathiak, K., Menning, H., Hertrich, I., Mathiak, K. A., Zvyagintsev, M., & Ackermann, H.
- Affiliations
- RWTH Aachen University (DE)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Mathiak, Klaus
- Mathiak, Krystyna A.
- Venue
- Neuroreport
- Published
- 2007-03
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 405-409
- ISSN
- 0959-4965 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2075768268
- Cited by
- 24
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
- FWCI
- 0.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuroreport (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- AstraZeneca Foundation
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Keywords
- auditory lateralization, sound localization, voice recognition, speaker identification, superior temporal gyrus, Broca's area, auditory association cortex, template matching, artificial neural networks
- MeSH terms
- Acoustic Stimulation, Adult, Attention, Auditory Cortex, Brain Mapping, Female, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Functional Laterality, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Oxygen, Phonetics, Sound Localization, Recognition, Psychology
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