作者
Tom Johnstone, Carien M Van Reekum, Terrence R Oakes, Richard J Davidson
发表日期
2006/12/1
期刊
Social cognitive and affective neuroscience
卷号
1
期号
3
页码范围
242-249
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
The human voice is one of the principal conveyers of social and affective communication. Yet relatively little is known about the neural circuitry that supports the recognition of different vocally expressed emotions. We conducted an FMRI study to examine the brain responses to vocal expressions of anger and happiness, and to test whether specific brain regions showed preferential engagement in the processing of one emotion over the other. We also tested the extent to which simultaneously presented facial expressions of the same or different emotions would enhance brain responses, and to what degree such responses depend on attention towards the vocal expression. Forty healthy individuals were scanned while listening to vocal expressions of anger or happiness, while at the same time watching congruent or discrepant facial expressions. Happy voices elicited significantly more activation than angry …
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