Zaske, R., Hasan, B. A. S. and Belin, P. (2017) It doesn't matter what you say: FMRI correlates of voice learning and recognition independent of speech content. Cortex, 94, pp. 100-112. (doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.06.005) (PMID:28738288) (PMCID:PMC5576914)
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Abstract
Listeners can recognize newly learned voices from previously unheard utterances, suggesting the acquisition of high-level speech-invariant voice representations during learning. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) we investigated the anatomical basis underlying the acquisition of voice representations for unfamiliar speakers independent of speech, and their subsequent recognition among novel voices. Specifically, listeners studied voices of unfamiliar speakers uttering short sentences and subsequently classified studied and novel voices as "old" or "new" in a recognition test. To investigate "pure" voice learning, i.e., independent of sentence meaning, we presented German sentence stimuli to non-German speaking listeners. To disentangle stimulus-invariant and stimulus-dependent learning, during the test phase we contrasted a "same sentence" condition in which listeners heard speakers repeating the sentences from the preceding study phase, with a "different sentence" condition. Voice recognition performance was above chance in both conditions although, as expected, performance was higher for same than for different sentences. During study phases activity in the left inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) was related to subsequent voice recognition performance and same versus different sentence condition, suggesting an involvement of the left IFG in the interactive processing of speaker and speech information during learning. Importantly, at test reduced activation for voices correctly classified as "old" compared to "new" emerged in a network of brain areas including temporal voice areas (TVAs) of the right posterior superior temporal gyrus (pSTG), as well as the right inferior/middle frontal gyrus (IFG/MFG), the right medial frontal gyrus, and the left caudate. This effect of voice novelty did not interact with sentence condition, suggesting a role of temporal voice-selective areas and extra-temporal areas in the explicit recognition of learned voice identity, independent of speech content. [Abstract copyright: Copyright © 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.]
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Learning and recognition, speech, TVA, voice memory, fMRI. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Belin, Professor Pascal and Hasan, Dr Bashar Awwad Sh and Zaske, Dr Romi |
| Authors: | Zaske, R., Hasan, B. A. S., and Belin, P. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
| Journal Name: | Cortex |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 0010-9452 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1973-8102 |
| Published Online: | 27 June 2017 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2017 The Authors |
| First Published: | First published in Cortex 94:100-112 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced under a Creative Commons License |
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