Disentangling emotional signals in the brain: an ALE meta-analysis of vocal affect perception.
Recent advances in neuroimaging research on vocal emotion perception have revealed voice-sensitive areas specialized in processing affect. Experimental data on this subject is varied, investigating a wide range of emotions through different vocal signals and task demands. The present meta-analysis w...
| Published in: | Cognitive, Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 17 - 30 |
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Springer Nature
Feb2023
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