Human cerebral response to animal affective vocalizations

• Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Vol. 275; no. 1634; pp. 473 - 481
• Main Authors: Belin, Pascal, Fecteau, Shirley, Charest, Ian, Nicastro, Nicholas, Hauser, Marc D, Armony, Jorge L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London The Royal Society 07.03.2008
• Subjects: Analysis of Variance; Animal vocalization; Animals; Auditory Cortex; Auditory Perception - physiology; Cats; Cerebrum - physiology; Conspecific Vocalizations; Emotion; Emotional expression; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Humans; Limbic System; Macaca mulatta; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Monkeys; Prefrontal cortex; Species Specificity; Verb valency; Vocalization, Animal; Voice

It is presently unknown whether our response to affective vocalizations is specific to those generated by humans or more universal, triggered by emotionally matched vocalizations generated by other species. Here, we used functional magnetic resonance imaging in normal participants to measure cerebra...