ReviewNeurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.)2021
The Role of the Right Hemisphere in Processing Phonetic Variability Between Talkers.
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- Speaker effects in language comprehension: An integrative model of language and speaker processing.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2026Review
- rTMS over bilateral superior temporal gyri combined with auditory-speech training for post-stroke pure word deafness: a case report.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Children with lower language skill engage additional brain mechanisms in both hemispheres during sentence comprehension.Research square · 2025Article
- Representations of personally familiar voices are better resolved in the brain.Current biology : CB · 2025Article
- Neuroimaging Findings for the Overnight Consolidation of Learned Non-native Speech Sounds.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Why are listeners hindered by talker variability?Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2024Review
- Unveiling the development of human voice perception: Neurobiological mechanisms and pathophysiology.Current research in neurobiology · 2024Review
- Using TMS to evaluate a causal role for right posterior temporal cortex in talker-specific phonetic processing.Brain and language · 2023Article
- Bridging the translational gap: what can synaptopathies tell us about autism?Frontiers in molecular neuroscience · 2023Review
- Neural representations of naturalistic person identities while watching a feature film.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Right Posterior Temporal Cortex Supports Integration of Phonetic and Talker Information.Neurobiology of language (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023Article
- Distinct mechanisms for talker adaptation operate in parallel on different timescales.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2022Article
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Abstract
Neurobiological models of speech perception posit that both left and right posterior temporal brain regions are involved in the early auditory analysis of speech sounds. However, frank deficits in speech perception are not readily observed in individuals with right hemisphere damage. Instead, damage to the right hemisphere is often associated with impairments in vocal identity processing. Herein lies an apparent paradox: The mapping between acoustics and speech sound categories can vary substantially across talkers, so why might right hemisphere damage selectively impair vocal identity processing without obvious effects on speech perception? In this review, I attempt to clarify the role of the right hemisphere in speech perception through a careful consideration of its role in processing vocal identity. I review evidence showing that right posterior superior temporal, right anterior superior temporal, and right inferior / middle frontal regions all play distinct roles in vocal identity processing. In considering the implications of these findings for neurobiological accounts of speech perception, I argue that the recruitment of right posterior superior temporal cortex during speech perception may specifically reflect the process of conditioning phonetic identity on talker information. I suggest that the relative lack of involvement of other right hemisphere regions in speech perception may be because speech perception does not necessarily place a high burden on talker processing systems, and I argue that the extant literature hints at potential subclinical impairments in the speech perception abilities of individuals with right hemisphere damage.
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