A network analysis of audiovisual affective speech perception

• Published in: Neuroscience Vol. 256; pp. 230 - 241
• Main Authors: Jansma, H, Roebroeck, A, Münte, T.F
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Elsevier 03.01.2014
• Subjects: Amygdala - blood supply; Amygdala - physiology; Biological and medical sciences; Brain Mapping; Cerebral Cortex - blood supply; Cerebral Cortex - physiology; Emotions - physiology; Female; Functional Laterality; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Humans; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Neural Pathways - blood supply; Neural Pathways - physiology; Neurology; Oxygen - blood; Photic Stimulation; Speech Perception - physiology; Vertebrates: nervous system and sense organs; MTG; amygdala; blood oxygen level dependent; volume of interest; IFG; audiovisual speech; STS; V; RFX-GCM; visual; BOLD; functional magnetic resonance; facial affect perception; middle temporal gyrus; inferior frontal gyrus; EMO; emotional; neutral; superior temporal sulcus; audiovisual; FOV; field of view; fMRI; VOI; emotion; AV; random effects Granger causality mapping; Granger causality; NEU; Amygdala; Central nervous system; Speech; Perception; Basal ganglion; Encephalon
• ISSN: 0306-4522; 1873-7544
• DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.10.047

Highlights • Demonstration of audiovisual integration of emotional expression and emotional prosody. • Granger causality mapping of fMRI shows information flow from fusiform gyrus to amygdala. • Amygdala is involved in audiovisual integration of emotional audiovisual speech information.