Unveiling the development of human voice perception: Neurobiological mechanisms and pathophysiology.
| Autor: | Harford EE; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA., Holt LL; Department of Psychology, The University of Texas at Austin, USA., Abel TJ; Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, USA.; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Current research in neurobiology [Curr Res Neurobiol] 2024 Mar 08; Vol. 6, pp. 100127. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Mar 08 (Print Publication: 2024). |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.crneur.2024.100127 |
| Abstrakt: | The human voice is a critical stimulus for the auditory system that promotes social connection, informs the listener about identity and emotion, and acts as the carrier for spoken language. Research on voice processing in adults has informed our understanding of the unique status of the human voice in the mature auditory cortex and provided potential explanations for mechanisms that underly voice selectivity and identity processing. There is evidence that voice perception undergoes developmental change starting in infancy and extending through early adolescence. While even young infants recognize the voice of their mother, there is an apparent protracted course of development to reach adult-like selectivity for human voice over other sound categories and recognition of other talkers by voice. Gaps in the literature do not allow for an exact mapping of this trajectory or an adequate description of how voice processing and its neural underpinnings abilities evolve. This review provides a comprehensive account of developmental voice processing research published to date and discusses how this evidence fits with and contributes to current theoretical models proposed in the adult literature. We discuss how factors such as cognitive development, neural plasticity, perceptual narrowing, and language acquisition may contribute to the development of voice processing and its investigation in children. We also review evidence of voice processing abilities in premature birth, autism spectrum disorder, and phonagnosia to examine where and how deviations from the typical trajectory of development may manifest. Competing Interests: The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests:Taylor J. Abel reports funding was provided by 10.13039/100007921University of Pittsburgh 10.13039/100008235School of Medicine. (© 2024 The Authors.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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