The Glasgow Voice Memory Test: assessing the ability to memorize and recognize unfamiliar voices

Aglieri, V., Watson, R., Pernet, C., Latinus, M., Garrido, L. and Belin, P. (2017) The Glasgow Voice Memory Test: assessing the ability to memorize and recognize unfamiliar voices. Behavior Research Methods, 49(1), pp. 97-110. (doi: 10.3758/s13428-015-0689-6) (PMID:26822668)

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Abstract

One thousand one hundred and twenty subjects as well as a developmental phonagnosic subject (KH) along with age-matched controls performed the Glasgow Voice Memory Test, which assesses the ability to encode and immediately recognize, through an old/new judgment, both unfamiliar voices (delivered as vowels, making language requirements minimal) and bell sounds. The inclusion of non-vocal stimuli allows the detection of significant dissociations between the two categories (vocal vs. non-vocal stimuli). The distributions of accuracy and sensitivity scores (d’) reflected a wide range of individual differences in voice recognition performance in the population. As expected, KH showed a dissociation between the recognition of voices and bell sounds, her performance being significantly poorer than matched controls for voices but not for bells. By providing normative data of a large sample and by testing a developmental phonagnosic subject, we demonstrated that the Glasgow Voice Memory Test, available online and accessible from all over the world, can be a valid screening tool (~5 min) for a preliminary detection of potential cases of phonagnosia and of “super recognizers” for voices.

Item Type:Articles
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Belin, Professor Pascal
Authors: Aglieri, V., Watson, R., Pernet, C., Latinus, M., Garrido, L., and Belin, P.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience
Journal Name:Behavior Research Methods
Publisher:Springer
ISSN:1554-351X
ISSN (Online):1554-3528
Published Online:28 January 2016

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Project CodeAward NoProject NamePrincipal InvestigatorFunder's NameFunder RefLead Dept
429751The perception of voice gender and identity - a combined behavioural, electrophysiological and neuroimaging approachPascal BelinBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BB/E003958/1INP - CENTRE FOR COGNITIVE NEUROIMAGING