The motor theory of speech perception assumes that activation of the motor system is essential
in the perception of speech. However, deficits in speech perception and comprehension …

Laughter is often considered to be the product of humour. However, laughter is a social
emotion, occurring most often in interactions, where it is associated with bonding, agreement, …

… (C) Labeled sagittal MRI of the human vocal apparatus during the production of the sustained
vowel /u:/. Note the back position of the tongue and protrusion of the lips. Spectrogram …

… , we compared report scores for Group C sentences in the DCD condition of Experiment 2
with report scores for those participants who received Group C immediately after exposure to (…

Humans express laughter differently depending on the context: polite titters of agreement
are very different from explosions of mirth. Using functional MRI, we explored the neural …

Over the past 30 years hemispheric asymmetries in speech perception have been construed
within a domain-general framework, according to which preferential processing of speech …

Human voices are extremely variable: The same person can sound very different depending
on whether they are speaking, laughing, shouting or whispering. In order to successfully …

A convenient, inexpensive method for the preparation of [(Ph 3 P)CuH] 6 , a versatile reagent
for the conjugate reduction of α,β-unsaturated carbonyl compounds, has been developed. …

Phonagnosia, the inability to recognize familiar voices, has been studied in brain-damaged
patients but no cases due to developmental problems have been reported. Here we describe …

Several authors have recently presented evidence for perceptual and neural distinctions
between genuine and acted expressions of emotion. Here, we describe how differences in …