Abstract
Voice perception (recognition of familiar voices and discrimination of unfamiliar voices) was studied in brain-damaged patients and normal controls. Left- and right-brain-damaged subjects were tested on familiar voices (25 famous males) and 26 pairs of unfamiliar voices. Deficits in recognizing familiar voices were significantly correlated with right-hemisphere damage; discrimination of unfamiliar voices was worse in both clinical groups than in normal controls. Computerized tomographic scans indicated that an intact right parietal-lobe was present in all cases of normal voice recognition, while right parietal-lobe damage was significantly correlated with a deficit in voice recognition. Temporal-lobe damage of either hemisphere was associated with a voice discrimination deficit.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 665-674 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology : official journal of the International Neuropsychological Society |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| State | Published - Oct 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Psychology
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology