Yovel, G. and Belin, P. (2013) A unified coding strategy for processing faces and voices. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 17(6), pp. 263-271. (doi: 10.1016/j.tics.2013.04.004) (PMID:23664703) (PMCID:PMC3791405)
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Abstract
Both faces and voices are rich in socially-relevant information, which humans are remarkably adept at extracting, including a person's identity, age, gender, affective state, personality, etc. Here, we review accumulating evidence from behavioral, neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and neuroimaging studies which suggest that the cognitive and neural processing mechanisms engaged by perceiving faces or voices are highly similar, despite the very different nature of their sensory input. The similarity between the two mechanisms likely facilitates the multi-modal integration of facial and vocal information during everyday social interactions. These findings emphasize a parsimonious principle of cerebral organization, where similar computational problems in different modalities are solved using similar solutions.
Item Type: | Articles (Other) |
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Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Belin, Professor Pascal |
Authors: | Yovel, G., and Belin, P. |
College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience |
Journal Name: | Trends in Cognitive Sciences |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
ISSN: | 1364-6613 |
ISSN (Online): | 1879-307X |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. |
First Published: | First published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences 17(6):263-271 |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher |
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