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[Speech recognition in the norm and pathology].
Rossiiskii Fiziologicheskii Zhurnal Imeni I.M. Sechenova
|March 20, 2010
Summary
Recognizing emotions in speech involves both right temporal and left hemisphere speech centers. Lesions in these areas, particularly the right temporal lobe, significantly impair this ability, impacting emotional processing.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Psychology
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Understanding the neural basis of emotion recognition in speech is crucial for diagnosing and treating communication disorders.
- Previous research suggests the right hemisphere plays a role in processing emotional prosody.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate the clinical and electrophysiological correlates of human emotion recognition in speech.
- To identify specific brain regions involved in processing emotional cues within spoken language.
Main Methods:
- Theoretical analysis and experimental studies were conducted.
- Clinical data from patients with brain lesions were analyzed.
- Electroencephalography (EEG) was used to compare brain activity between groups with varying recognition abilities.
Main Results:
- Lesions in the right temporal region caused disorders in emotion recognition from speech.
- The most severe deficits were observed with lesions localized to the frontotemporal regions.
- Individuals with lower emotion recognition scores exhibited heightened activation in the right posterior temporal and left frontal regions.
Conclusions:
- Emotion recognition in speech is a complex process involving bilateral brain activation.
- Both the temporal regions of the right hemisphere and speech centers in the left hemisphere are critical for this function.
- Electrophysiological and clinical findings highlight the interconnected neural networks underlying affective prosody perception.
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