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ArticleBrain sciences2023

The Right Temporal Lobe and the Enhancement of Voice Recognition in Congenitally Blind Subjects.

Stefano Terruzzi, Costanza Papagno, Guido Gainotti

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. Apperceptive and Associative Forms of Phonagnosia.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stefano TerruzziCentro di Riabilitazione Neurocognitiva, CIMeC (Center for Mind/Brain Sciences), University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7166-3766
Costanza PapagnoCentro di Riabilitazione Neurocognitiva, CIMeC (Center for Mind/Brain Sciences), University of Trento, 38068 Rovereto, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3659-6294
Guido GainottiMemory Clinic, Department of Science of Elderly, Neuroscience, Head and Neck and Orthopaedics, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, IRCCS, 00136 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5722-6612
University of Trento · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundExperimental investigations and clinical observations have shown that not only faces but also voices are predominantly processed by the right hemisphere. Moreover, right brain-damaged patients show more difficulties with voice than with face recognition. Finally, healthy subjects undergoing right temporal anodal stimulation improve their voice but not their face recognition. This asymmetry between face and voice recognition in the right hemisphere could be due to the greater complexity of voice processing.

methodsTo further investigate this issue, we tested voice and name recognition in twelve congenitally blind people.

resultsThe results showed a complete overlap between the components of voice recognition impaired in patients with right temporal damage and those improved in congenitally blind people. Congenitally blind subjects, indeed, scored significantly better than control sighted individuals in voice discrimination and produced fewer false alarms on familiarity judgement of famous voices, corresponding to tests selectively impaired in patients with right temporal lesions.

conclusionsWe suggest that task difficulty is a factor that impacts on the degree of its lateralization.

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blind peopleright temporal lesionsvoice recognition

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PMID36979241
PMCPMC10046746
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