Affiliation:
1. Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, 17 Queen Square, London, UK
Abstract
The networks of cortical and subcortical fields that contribute to speech production have benefitted from many years of detailed study, and have been used as a framework for human volitional vocal production more generally. In this article, I will argue that we need to consider speech production as an expression of the human voice in a more general sense. I will also argue that the neural control of the voice can and should be considered to be a flexible system, into which more right hemispheric networks are differentially recruited, based on the factors that are modulating vocal production. I will explore how this flexible network is recruited to express aspects of non-verbal information in the voice, such as identity and social traits. Finally, I will argue that we need to widen out the kinds of vocal behaviours that we explore, if we want to understand the neural underpinnings of the true range of sound-making capabilities of the human voice.
This article is part of the theme issue ‘Voice modulation: from origin and mechanism to social impact (Part II)’.
Subject
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
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