Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study
Recent evidence has reported that the motor system has a role in speech or emotional vocalization discrimination. In the present study we investigated the involvement of the larynx motor representation in singing perception. Twenty-one non-musicians listened to short tones sung by a human voice or p...
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| author | Yohana eLévêque Neil eMuggleton Lauren eStewart Daniele eSchön |
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| description | Recent evidence has reported that the motor system has a role in speech or emotional vocalization discrimination. In the present study we investigated the involvement of the larynx motor representation in singing perception. Twenty-one non-musicians listened to short tones sung by a human voice or played by a machine and performed a categorization task. Thereafter continuous theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied over the right larynx pre-motor area or on the vertex and the test administered again. Overall, reaction times were shorter after stimulation over both sites. Nonetheless and most importantly, reaction times became longer for sung than for machine sounds after stimulation on the larynx area. This effect suggests that the right premotor region is functionally involved in singing perception and that sound humanness modulates motor resonance. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-30afb0c98dfe4795baa0e30f9e6dbafb2022-12-21T20:11:24ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782013-07-01410.3389/fpsyg.2013.0041850236Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS studyYohana eLévêque0Neil eMuggleton1Lauren eStewart2Daniele eSchön3Laboratoire Parole et langage, CNRS & Aix-Marseille universitéInstitute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College LondonGoldsmiths, University of LondonUniversité de la MéditerranéeRecent evidence has reported that the motor system has a role in speech or emotional vocalization discrimination. In the present study we investigated the involvement of the larynx motor representation in singing perception. Twenty-one non-musicians listened to short tones sung by a human voice or played by a machine and performed a categorization task. Thereafter continuous theta-burst transcranial magnetic stimulation was applied over the right larynx pre-motor area or on the vertex and the test administered again. Overall, reaction times were shorter after stimulation over both sites. Nonetheless and most importantly, reaction times became longer for sung than for machine sounds after stimulation on the larynx area. This effect suggests that the right premotor region is functionally involved in singing perception and that sound humanness modulates motor resonance.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00418/fullTMSVoice perceptionSingingauditory-motor interactionslarynx motor representation |
| spellingShingle | Yohana eLévêque Neil eMuggleton Lauren eStewart Daniele eSchön Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study Frontiers in Psychology TMS Voice perception Singing auditory-motor interactions larynx motor representation |
| title | Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study |
| title_full | Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study |
| title_fullStr | Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study |
| title_short | Involvement of the larynx motor area in singing-voice perception: a TMS study |
| title_sort | involvement of the larynx motor area in singing voice perception a tms study |
| topic | TMS Voice perception Singing auditory-motor interactions larynx motor representation |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00418/full |
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