Publications

Categorization of vocal and nonvocal stimuli in Guinea baboons (Papio papio)

Ennaji, F. E., Fagot, J., & Belin, P. (2022). Categorization of vocal and nonvocal stimuli in Guinea baboons (Papio papio) American journal of primatology, doi: 10.1002/ajp.23387 PDF

The path of voices in our brain

Morillon, B., Arnal, L. H., & Belin, P. (2022). The path of voices in our brain PLoS biology, doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001742 PDF

Perceived facial happiness during conversation correlates with insular and hypothalamus activity for humans, not robots

Chaminade, T. & Spatola, N. (2022). Perceived facial happiness during conversation correlates with insular and hypothalamus activity for humans, not robots. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.871676. PDF

Precuneus brain response changes differently during human-robot and human-human dyadic social interaction

Spatola, N. & Chaminade, T. (2022) Precuneus brain response changes differently during human-robot and human-human dyadic social interaction. Scientific Reports.  doi:10.1038/s41598-022-14207-9. PDF

Going Beyond the "Synthetic Method": New Paradigms Cross-Fertilizing Robotics and Cognitive Neuroscience

Datteri, E., Chaminade, T. & Romano, D. (2022). Going Beyond the “Synthetic Method”: New Paradigms Cross-Fertilizing Robotics and Cognitive Neuroscience. Frontiers in Psychology. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2022.819042. PDF

fMRI based identity classification accuracy in left temporal and frontal regions predicts speaker recognition performance

Aglieri, V., Cagna, B., Velly, L., Takerkart, S., Belin, P. (2021) fMRI based identity classification accuracy in left temporal and frontal regions predicts speaker recognition performance. Scientific reports. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-79922-7 PDF

The representational dynamics of perceived voice emotions evolve from categories to dimensions

Giordano, B., Whiting, C., Kriegeskorte, N., A. Kotz, S., Gross, J., Belin, P. (2021) The representational dynamics of perceived voice emotions evolve from categories to dimensions Nature Human Behaviour. doi:10.1038/s41562-021-01073-0 PDF

Functionally homologous representation of vocalizations in the auditory cortex of humans and macaques

Bodin et al. report a functional homology in the cerebral processing of conspecific vocalizations by macaques and humans. Comparative fMRI reveals that both species possess bilateral anterior Temporal Voice Areas that not only prefer conspecific vocalizations but also categorize them apart from all other sounds in a functionally homologous manner.  PDF

The measurement, evolution, and neural representation of action grammars of human behavior

Stout, D., Chaminade, T., Apel, J., Shafti, A., Faisal, A. A. (2021). The measurement, evolution, and neural representation of action grammars of human behavior. Scientific Reports. 2021 Jul 2;11(1):13720. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-92992-5 PDF 

Single-trial fMRI activation maps measured during the InterTVA event-related voice localizer. A data set ready for inter-subject pattern analysis

Aglieri, V., Cagna, B., Belin, P., Takerkart, S.,(2020). Single-trial fMRI activation maps measured during the InterTVA event-related voice localizer. A data set ready for inter-subject pattern analysis. Data Brief, doi:10.1016/j.dib.2020.105170

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The perception of caricatured emotion in voice

Whiting CM, Kotz SA, Gross J, Giordano BL, Belin P (2020). The perception of caricatured emotion in voice, Cognition, doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2020.104249 PDF

Cracking the EMDR code: Recruitment of sensory, memory and emotional networks during bilateral alternating auditory stimulation

Rousseau, P.F., Boukezzi, S., Garcia, R., Chaminade, T. & Khalfa, S. (2020). Cracking the EMDR code: Recruitment of sensory, memory and emotional networks during bilateral alternating auditory stimulation. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 2020 Aug;54(8):818-831. doi:10.1177/0004867420913623. PDF

Forming social impressions from voices in native and foreign languages.

Baus, C., McAleer, P., Marcoux, K., Belin, P., Costa, A. (2019) Forming social impressions from voices in native and foreign languages. Scientific reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36518-6 PDF

Inter-subject pattern analysis : A straightforward and powerful scheme for group-level MVPA

Wang, Q., Cagna, B., Chaminade, T., Takerkart, S. (2019) Inter-subject pattern analysis : A straightforward and powerful scheme for group-level MVPA. Neuroimage. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116205 PDF

Exploring the cerebral substrate of voice perception in primate brains

Bodin, C., Belin, P. (2019) Exploring the cerebral substrate of voice perception in primate brains. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Serie B, Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0386 PDF

Neural oscillations in human auditory cortex revealed by fast fMRI during auditory perception

Frühholz, S., Trost, W., Grandjean, D., Belin, P. (2019) Neural oscillations in human auditory cortex revealed by fast fMRI during auditory perception. NeuroImage. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2019.116401 PDF

Brain activity during reciprocal social interaction investigated using conversational robots as control condition.

Rauchbauer, B., Nazarian, B., Bourhis, M., Ochs, M., Prévot, L., Chaminade, T. (2019). Brain activity during reciprocal social interaction investigated using conversational robots as control condition. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Serie B, Biological Sciences. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0033 PDF

Categorical emotion recognition from voice improves during childhood and adolescence.

Grosbras, MH., Ross, PD., Belin, P. (2018) Categorical emotion recognition from voice improves during childhood and adolescence. Scientific reports. doi:10.1038/s41598-018-32868-3 PDF

Judgements of a speaker's personality are correlated across differing content and stimulus type.

Mahrholz, G., Belin, P., McAleer, P. (2018) Judgements of a speaker’s personality are correlated across differing content and stimulus type. PLoS One. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0204991 PDF

Cross-Classification of Musical and Vocal Emotions in the Auditory Cortex

Paquette, S., Takerkart, S., Saget, S., Peretz, I., Belin, P. (2018) Cross-Classification of Musical and Vocal Emotions in the Auditory Cortex. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. doi:10.1111/nyas.13666 PDF

Cracking the social code of speech prosody using reverse correlation

Ponsot, E., Bured, J.J, Belin, P, Aucouturier, J.J. (2018) Cracking the social code of speech prosody using reverse correlation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(15):3972-3977. doi:10.1073/pnas.1716090115 PDF

A "voice patch" system in the primate brain for processing vocal information?

Belin, P., Bodin, C., Aglieri, V. (2018) A “voice patch” system in the primate brain for processing vocal information? Hearing Research 366:65-74. doi:10.1016/j.heares.2018.04.010 PDF

Auditory smiles trigger unconscious facial imitation

Arias, P., Belin, P., Aucouturier, J.J. (2018) Auditory smiles trigger unconscious facial imitation Current Biology 28(14):R782-R783. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.05.084. Erratum in: Curr Biol. 2018 Aug 20;28(16):2681-2683. PDF

Functional connectivity within the voice perception network and its behavioural relevance

Aglieri, V., Chaminade, T., Takerkart, S., Belin, P. (2018) Functional connectivity within the voice perception network and its behavioural relevance. Neuroimage. 2018 Aug 9;183:356-365. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2018.08.011 PDF

Are friends really the family we choose? Local variations of hypothalamus activity when viewing personally known faces

Acoustic-based modulation of perceived voice personality

Belin, P., Boehme, B., McAleer, P. (2017) The sound of trustworthiness: Acoustic-based modulation of perceived voice personality. PLoS ONE 12(10): e0185651 PDF

Voice selectivity in the temporal voice area despite matched low-level acoustic cues

Agus, T.R., Paquette, S., Suied, C., Pressnitzer, D., Belin, P. (2017) Voice selectivity in the temporal voice area despite matched low-level acoustic cues. Scientific Reports Sep 14;7(1):11526. PDF

Anatomo-functional correspondence in the superior temporal sulcus

Bodin, C., Takerkart, S., Belin, P., Coulon, O. (2017) Anatomo-functional correspondence in the superior temporal sulcus. Brain Structure and Function doi: 10.1007/s00429-017-1483-2 [Epub ahead of print]. PDF

FMRI correlates of voice learning and recognition

Zäske, R., Awwad Shiekh Hasan, B., Belin, P. (2017) It doesn’t matter what you say: FMRI correlates of voice learning and recognition independent of speech content. Cortex 94:100-112. PDF

Effects of emotional valence and arousal on the voice

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Kotz, S, Belin, P. (2017) Effects of emotional valence and arousal on the voice perception network. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience 1;12(8):1351-1358. PDF

Automaticity of phonological and semantic processing during visual word recognition

Pattamadilok, C., Chanoine, V., Pallier, C., Anton, J.L., Nazarian, B., Belin, P., Ziegler, J.C. (2017) Automaticity of phonological and semantic processing during visual word recognition. Neuroimage 3;149:244-255 PDF

Contributions of local speech encoding and functional connectivity to audio-visual speech perception

Giordano, B.L., Ince, R.A.A., Gross, J., Schyns, P.G., Panzeri, S., Kayser, C. (2017) Contributions of local speech encoding and functional connectivity to audio-visual speech perception. eLife 6:e24763 PDF

A statistical framework for neuroimaging data analysis based on mutual information

Ince, R.A.A., Giordano, B.L., Kayser, C., Rousselet, G.A., Gross, J., Schyns, P.G. (2017) A statistical framework for neuroimaging data analysis based on mutual information estimated via a Gaussian copula. Human Brain Mapping 38: 1541–1573 PDF

Vibrotactile sensitivity in active touch

Papetti, S., Järveläinen, H., Giordano, B.L., Schiesser, S., Fröhlich, M. (2017) Vibrotactile sensitivity in active touch: Effect of pressing force. IEEE Transactions on Haptics 10(1): 113–122 PDF

Hearing faces and seeing voices

Awwad Shiekh Hasan, B., Valdes-Sosa, M., Gross, J., Belin, P. (2016)  “Hearing faces and seeing voices”: Amodal coding of person identity in the human brain. Scientific Reports 24;6:37494 PDF

Crossmodal interactions during non-linguistic auditory processing in cochlear-implanted deaf patients

Barone, P., Chambaudie, L., Strelnikov, K., Fraysse, B., Marx, M., Belin, P., Deguine, O. (2016) Crossmodal interactions during non-linguistic auditory processing in cochlear-implanted deaf patients. Cortex.83:259-70 PDF

Neural decoding of discriminative auditory object features depends on their socio-affective valence

Frühholz, S., van der Zwaag, W., Saenz, M., Belin, P., Schobert, A.K., Vuilleumier, P., Grandjean, D. (2016) Neural decoding of discriminative auditory object features depends on their socio-affective valence. Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci.11(10):1638-49 PDF

Low Vocal Pitch Preference Drives First Impressions Irrespective of Context in Male Voices but Not in Female Voices

Tsantani, M.S., Belin, P., Paterson, H.M., McAleer, P. (2016). Low Vocal Pitch Preference Drives First Impressions Irrespective of Context in Male Voices but Not in Female Voices. Perception 45(8):946-963. PDF

Assessing the ability to memorize and recognize unfamiliar voices

Aglieri, V., Watson, R., Pernet, C., Latinus, M., Garrido, L., and Belin, P. (2016). The Glasgow Voice Memory Test: Assessing the ability to memorize and recognize unfamiliar voices. Behavior research methods. PDF

The dominance of haptics over audition in controlling wrist velocity during striking movements

Cao, Y., B. L. Giordano, Avanzini, F., McAdams, S. (2016). The dominance of haptics over audition in controlling wrist velocity during striking movements. Experimental Brain Research 234, 1145–1158. PDF

Dorsal and Ventral Pathways for Prosody

Sammler, D., Grosbras, M.H., Anwander, A., Bestelmeyer, P.E., and Belin, P. (2015). Dorsal and Ventral Pathways for Prosody. Current biology : CB 25, 3079-3085.

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The human voice areas

Pernet, C.R., McAleer, P., Latinus, M., Gorgolewski, K.J., Charest, I., Bestelmeyer, P.E., Watson, R.H., Fleming, D., Crabbe, F., Valdes-Sosa, M., and Belin, P. (2015). The human voice areas: Spatial organization and inter-individual variability in temporal and extra-temporal cortices. NeuroImage 119, 164-174.

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Hemispheric association and dissociation of voice and speech information processing in stroke

Jones, A.B., Farrall, A.J., Belin, P., and Pernet, C.R. (2015). Hemispheric association and dissociation of voice and speech information processing in stroke. Cortex 71, 232-239.

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A Neural Marker for Social Bias Toward In-group Accents

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Belin, P., and Ladd, D.R. (2015). A Neural Marker for Social Bias Toward In-group Accents. Cerebral cortex 25, 3953-3961. PDF

Sounding the Alarm

Belin, P., and Zatorre, R.J. (2015). Neurobiology: Sounding the Alarm. Current biology 25, R805-806. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.07.027 PDF

Perception of Vicentino’s 31-tone tuning system

McAdams, S., Miller, M., Wild, J., Giordano, B.L. (2015). Perception of Vicentino’s 31-tone tuning system. Journal of Interdisciplinary Music Studies 8, 157–181. PDF

Predicting the timing of dynamic events through sound

Gygi, B., Shafiro, V., Giordano, B.L., Kharkhurin, A., Zhang, P.X. (2015). Predicting the timing of dynamic events through sound: Bouncing balls. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 138, 457–466. PDF

Effect of task constraints on the perceptual evaluation of violins

Saitis, C., Scavone, G.P., Fritz, C., Giordano, B.L. (2015). Effect of task constraints on the perceptual evaluation of violins. Acta Acustica united with Acustica 101, 382–393. PDF

The production and perception of emotionally expressive walking sounds

Giordano, B.L., Egermann, H., Bresin, R. (2014). The production and perception of emotionally expressive walking sounds: Similarities between musical performance and everyday motor activity. PLoS ONE 9, e115587. PDF

Crossmodal adaptation in right posterior superior temporal

Watson, R., Latinus, M., Noguchi, T., Garrod, O., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2014). Crossmodal adaptation in right posterior superior temporal sulcus during face-voice emotional integration. The Journal of neuroscience 34, 6813-6821. PDF

People-selectivity

Watson, R., Latinus, M., Charest, I., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2014). People-selectivity, audiovisual integration and heteromodality in the superior temporal sulcus. Cortex 50, 125-136. PDF

Single-subject analyses of magnetoencephalographic

Salvia, E., Bestelmeyer, P.E., Kotz, S.A., Rousselet, G.A., Pernet, C.R., Gross, J., and Belin, P. (2014). Single-subject analyses of magnetoencephalographic evoked responses to the acoustic properties of affective non-verbal vocalizations. Frontiers in neuroscience 8, 422. PDF

How do you say 'hello'?

McAleer, P., Todorov, A., and Belin, P. (2014). How do you say ‘hello’? Personality impressions from brief novel voices. PloS ONE 9, e90779. PDF

Automatic domain-general processing of sound source

Giordano, B.L., Pernet, C., Charest, I., Belizaire, G., Zatorre, R.J., and Belin, P. (2014). Automatic domain-general processing of sound source identity in the left posterior middle frontal gyrus. Cortex 58, 170-185. PDF

A language-familiarity effect for speaker discrimination without comprehension

Fleming, D., Giordano, B.L., Caldara, R., and Belin, P. (2014). A language-familiarity effect for speaker discrimination without comprehension. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111, 13795-13798. PDF

Biasing the perception of ambiguous vocal affect

Donhauser, P.W., Belin, P., and Grosbras, M.H. (2014). Biasing the perception of ambiguous vocal affect: a TMS study on frontal asymmetry. Social cognitive and affective neuroscience 9, 1046-1051. PDF

Adaptation to vocal expressions reveals multistep perception of auditory emotion.

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Maurage, P., Rouger, J., Latinus, M., and Belin, P. (2014). Adaptation to vocal expressions reveals multistep perception of auditory emotion. The Journal of neuroscience 34, 8098-8105. PDF

Hippocampal Sclerosis Affects fMR-Adaptation of Lyrics and Melodies in Songs

Alonso, I., Sammler, D., Valabregue, R., Dinkelacker, V., Dupont, S., Belin, P., and Samson, S. (2014). Hippocampal Sclerosis Affects fMR-Adaptation of Lyrics and Melodies in Songs. Frontiers in human neuroscience 8, 111. doi:10.3389/fnhum.2014.00111 PDF

Gender differences in the temporal voice areas

Ahrens, M.M., Awwad Shiekh Hasan, B., Giordano, B.L., and Belin, P. (2014). Gender differences in the temporal voice areas. Frontiers in neuroscience 8, 228. PDF

Perception and synthesis of sound-generating materials

Giordano, B.L., Avanzini, F. (2014). Perception and synthesis of sound-generating materials. In M. Di Luca (Ed.), Multisensory softness – Perceived compliance from multiple sources of information, 49,–84. London, UK: Springer. PDF

A unified coding strategy for processing faces and voices

Yovel, G., and Belin, P. (2013). A unified coding strategy for processing faces and voices. Trends in cognitive sciences 17, 263-271. PDF

Dissociating task difficulty from incongruence in face-voice emotion integration

Watson, R., Latinus, M., Noguchi, T., Garrod, O., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2013). Dissociating task difficulty from incongruence in face-voice emotion integration. Frontiers in human neuroscience 7, 744.  PDF

Silent Reading: Does the Brain ‘Hear’ Both Speech and Voices?

Petkov, C.I., and Belin, P. (2013). Silent reading: does the brain ‘hear’ both speech and voices? Current biology 23, R155-156. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2013.01.002 PDF

Behavioral evidence of a dissociation between voice gender categorization and phoneme categorization using auditory morphed stimuli

Pernet, C.R., Belin, P., and Jones, A. (2013). Behavioral evidence of a dissociation between voice gender categorization and phoneme categorization using auditory morphed stimuli. Frontiers in psychology 4, 1018. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2013.01018 PDF

The "Musical Emotional Bursts"

Paquette, S., Peretz, I., and Belin, P. (2013). The “Musical Emotional Bursts”: a validated set of musical affect bursts to investigate auditory affective processing. Frontiers in psychology 4, 509.  PDF

Binge drinking influences the cerebral processing of vocal affective bursts in young adults

Maurage, P., Bestelmeyer, P.E., Rouger, J., Charest, I., and Belin, P. (2013). Binge drinking influences the cerebral processing of vocal affective bursts in young adults. NeuroImage. Clinical 3, 218-225. PDF

Gender categorization in cochlear implant users

Massida, Z., Marx, M., Belin, P., James, C., Fraysse, B., Barone, P., and Deguine, O. (2013). Gender categorization in cochlear implant users. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research 56, 1389-1401. PDF

Norm-based coding of voice identity in human auditory cortex

Latinus, M., McAleer, P., Bestelmeyer, P.E., and Belin, P. (2013). Norm-based coding of voice identity in human auditory cortex. Current biology 23, 1075-1080.  PDF

Cross-cultural differences in the processing of non-verbal affective

Koeda, M., Belin, P., Hama, T., Masuda, T., Matsuura, M., and Okubo, Y. (2013). Cross-cultural differences in the processing of non-verbal affective vocalizations by Japanese and canadian listeners. Frontiers in psychology 4, 105.  PDF

Speech rhythms and multiplexed oscillatory sensory coding in the human brain

Gross, J., Hoogenboom, N., Thut, G., Schyns, P., Panzeri, S., Belin, P., and Garrod, S. (2013). Speech rhythms and multiplexed oscillatory sensory coding in the human brain. PLoS biology 11, e1001752.  PDF

Abstract encoding of auditory objects in cortical activity patterns

Giordano, B.L., McAdams, S., Zatorre, R.J., Kriegeskorte, N., and Belin, P. (2013). Abstract encoding of auditory objects in cortical activity patterns. Cerebral cortex 23, 2025-2037. PDF

Cerebral processing of voice gender studied using a continuous carryover FMRI design

Charest, I., Pernet, C., Latinus, M., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2013). Cerebral processing of voice gender studied using a continuous carryover FMRI design. Cerebral cortex 23, 958-966. PDF

The early spatio-temporal correlates and task independence of cerebral voice processing studied with MEG

Capilla, A., Belin, P., and Gross, J. (2013). The early spatio-temporal correlates and task independence of cerebral voice processing studied with MEG. Cerebral cortex 23, 1388-1395. PDF

Distinct patterns of functional brain connectivity correlate

Barttfeld, P., Wicker, B., McAleer, P., Belin, P., Cojan, Y., Graziano, M., Leiguarda, R., and Sigman, M. (2013). Distinct patterns of functional brain connectivity correlate with objective performance and subjective beliefs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 110, 11577-11582. PDF

A dual-task study of the link between pitch, space and numbers

Fischer, M.H., Riello, M., Giordano, B.L., Rusconi, E. (2013). Singing numbers… in cognitive space – A dual-task study of the link between pitch, space and numbers. Topics in Cognitive Science, 5, 354-366. PDF

Experimental methods for the perceptual evaluation of sound-producing objects and interfaces

Giordano, B.L., Susini, P., Bresin, R. (2013). Experimental methods for the perceptual evaluation of sound-producing objects and interfaces. In K. Franinovic, & S. Serafin (Eds.), Sonic Interaction Design, 151–198. Boston, MA: MIT Press. PDF

Brain 'talks over' boring quotes: top-down activation of voice-selective areas while listening to monotonous direct speech quotations

Yao, B., Belin, P., and Scheepers, C. (2012). Brain ‘talks over’ boring quotes: top-down activation of voice-selective areas while listening to monotonous direct speech quotations. NeuroImage 60, 1832-1842. PDF

Sound-induced activity in voice-sensitive cortex predicts voice memory ability

Watson, R., Latinus, M., Bestelmeyer, P.E., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2012). Sound-induced activity in voice-sensitive cortex predicts voice memory ability. Frontiers in psychology 3, 89.  PDF

The role of pitch and timbre in voice gender categorization

Pernet, C.R., and Belin, P. (2012). The role of pitch and timbre in voice gender categorization. Frontiers in psychology 3, 23.  PDF

Perceptual auditory aftereffects on voice identity using brief vowel stimuli

Latinus, M., and Belin, P. (2012). Perceptual auditory aftereffects on voice identity using brief vowel stimuli. PloS one 7, e41384. PDF

Implicitly perceived vocal attractiveness

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Latinus, M., Bruckert, L., Rouger, J., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2012). Implicitly perceived vocal attractiveness modulates prefrontal cortex activity. Cerebral cortex 22, 1263-1270. PDF

Identification of walked-upon materials in auditory, kinesthetic, haptic and audio-haptic conditions

Giordano, B.L., Visell, Y., Yao, H.Y., Hayward, V., Cooperstock, J.,  McAdams, S. (2012). Identification of walked-upon materials in auditory, kinesthetic, haptic and audio-haptic conditions. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 131, 4002-4012. PDF

Perceptual evaluation of violins

Saitis, C., Giordano, B.L., Fritz, C., Scavone, G. (2012). Perceptual evaluation of violins: A quantitative analysis of preference judgments by experienced players. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 132, 4002-4012. PDF

Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex

Yao, B., Belin, P., and Scheepers, C. (2011). Silent reading of direct versus indirect speech activates voice-selective areas in the auditory cortex. Journal of cognitive neuroscience 23, 3146-3152. PDF

Effects of vocoding and intelligibility on the cerebral response to speech

Strelnikov, K., Massida, Z., Rouger, J., Belin, P., and Barone, P. (2011). Effects of vocoding and intelligibility on the cerebral response to speech. BMC neuroscience 12, 122. PDF

Voice discrimination in cochlear-implanted deaf subjects

Massida, Z., Belin, P., James, C., Rouger, J., Fraysse, B., Barone, P., and Deguine, O. (2011). Voice discrimination in cochlear-implanted deaf subjects. Hearing research 275, 120-129. PDF

Learning-induced changes in the cerebral processing of voice identity

Latinus, M., Crabbe, F., and Belin, P. (2011). Learning-induced changes in the cerebral processing of voice identity. Cerebral cortex 21, 2820-2828. PDF

Human voice perception

Latinus, M., and Belin, P. (2011). Human voice perception. Current biology 21, R143-145. PDF

Anti-voice adaptation suggests prototype-based coding of voice identity

Latinus, M., and Belin, P. (2011). Anti-voice adaptation suggests prototype-based coding of voice identity. Frontiers in psychology 2, 175. PDF

Person identification through faces and voices: an ERP study

Gonzalez, I.Q., Leon, M.A., Belin, P., Martinez-Quintana, Y., Garcia, L.G., and Castillo, M.S. (2011). Person identification through faces and voices: an ERP study. Brain research 1407, 13-26. PDF

Impaired recognition of fear in voices and reduced anxiety after unilateral temporal lobe resection

Dellacherie, D., Hasboun, D., Baulac, M., Belin, P., and Samson, S. (2011). Impaired recognition of fear in voices and reduced anxiety after unilateral temporal lobe resection. Neuropsychologia 49, 618-629. PDF

Right temporal TMS impairs voice detection

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Belin, P., and Grosbras, M.H. (2011). Right temporal TMS impairs voice detection. Current biology 21, R838-839. PDF

Understanding voice perception

Belin, P., Bestelmeyer, P.E., Latinus, M., and Watson, R. (2011). Understanding voice perception. British journal of psychology 102, 711-725.  PDF

Mother and stranger

Beauchemin, M., Gonzalez-Frankenberger, B., Tremblay, J., Vannasing, P., Martinez-Montes, E., Belin, P., Beland, R., Francoeur, D., Carceller, A.M., Wallois, F., and Lassonde, M. (2011). Mother and stranger: an electrophysiological study of voice processing in newborns. Cerebral cortex 21, 1705-1711. PDF

Comparison of methods for collecting and modeling dissimilarity data

Giordano, B.L., Guastavino, C., Murphy, E., Ogg, M., Smith, B.K., McAdams, S. (2011). Comparison of methods for collecting and modeling dissimilarity data: applications to complex sound stimuli. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 46, 779-811. PDF

The timbre toolbox: Extracting acoustic descriptors from musical signals

Peeters, G., Giordano, B.L., Susini, P., Misdariis, N., McAdams, S. (2011). The timbre toolbox: Extracting acoustic descriptors from musical signals. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130, 2902-2916. PDF

Perceiving musical identity

Gingras, B.T., Lagrandeur-Ponce, T., Giordano, B.L., McAdams, S. (2011). Perceiving musical identity: performer identification is dependent on performer expertise and expressiveness, but not on listener expertise. Perception, 40, 1206–1220. PDF

Vibration influences haptic perception of surface compliance during walking

Visell, Y., Giordano, B.L., Millet, G., Cooperstock, J. (2011). Vibration influences haptic perception of surface compliance during walking. PLoS ONE, 6 (3), e17697. PDF

Stimulus complexity and categorical effects in human auditory cortex

Samson, F., Zeffiro, T.A., Toussaint, A., and Belin, P. (2010). Stimulus complexity and categorical effects in human auditory cortex: an activation likelihood estimation meta-analysis. Frontiers in psychology 1, 241. PDF

The relationship of lyrics and tunes in the processing of unfamiliar songs

Sammler, D., Baird, A., Valabregue, R., Clement, S., Dupont, S., Belin, P., and Samson, S. (2010). The relationship of lyrics and tunes in the processing of unfamiliar songs: a functional magnetic resonance adaptation study. The Journal of neuroscience 30, 3572-3578. PDF

An electrophysiological correlate of voice processing

Rogier, O., Roux, S., Belin, P., Bonnet-Brilhault, F., and Bruneau, N. (2010). An electrophysiological correlate of voice processing in 4- to 5-year-old children. International journal of psychophysiology 75, 44-47. PDF PDF

Hearing loss severity

Coez, A., Belin, P., Bizaguet, E., Ferrary, E., Zilbovicius, M., and Samson, Y. (2010). Hearing loss severity: impaired processing of formant transition duration. Neuropsychologia 48, 3057-3061. PDF PDF

Vocal attractiveness increases by averaging

Bruckert, L., Bestelmeyer, P., Latinus, M., Rouger, J., Charest, I., Rousselet, G.A., Kawahara, H., and Belin, P. (2010). Vocal attractiveness increases by averaging. Current biology 20, 116-120. PDF PDF

Auditory adaptation in vocal affect perception

Bestelmeyer, P.E., Rouger, J., DeBruine, L.M., and Belin, P. (2010). Auditory adaptation in vocal affect perception. Cognition 117, 217-223. PDF

Before speech: cerebral voice processing in infants

Belin, P., and Grosbras, M.H. (2010). Before speech: cerebral voice processing in infants. Neuron 65, 733-735. PDF

Perceptual scaling of voice identity: common dimensions for different vowels and speakers

Baumann, O., and Belin, P. (2010). Perceptual scaling of voice identity: common dimensions for different vowels and speakers. Psychological research 74, 110-120. PDF

Category-specificities in the cognitive processing of environmental sounds

Giordano, B.L., McDonnell, J., McAdams, S. (2010). Hearing living symbols and nonliving icons: Category-specificities in the cognitive processing of environmental sounds. Brain & Cognition 73, 7–19. PDF

Integration of acoustical information in the perception of impacted sound sources

Giordano, B.L., Rocchesso, D., McAdams, S. (2010). Integration of acoustical information in the perception of impacted sound sources: The role of information accuracy and exploitability. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 36 (2), 462–479. PDF

Sound source mechanics and musical timbre perception

Giordano, B.L., McAdams, S. (2010). Sound source mechanics and musical timbre perception: Evidence from previous studies. Music Perception, 28 (2), 157–170. PDF

The influence of contact sound on reaching to grasp

Castiello, U., Giordano, B.L., Begliomini, C., Ansuini, C., Grassi, M. (2010). When ears drive hands: The influence of contact sound on reaching to grasp. PLoS ONE, 5 (8), e12240. PDF

The psychomechanics of simulated sound sources

McAdams, S., Roussarie, V., Chaigne, A., Giordano, B.L. (2010). The psychomechanics of simulated sound sources: Material properties of impacted thin plates. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128 (3), 1401–1413. PDF

Music lexical networks: the cortical organization of music recognition

Peretz, I., Gosselin, N., Belin, P., Zatorre, R.J., Plailly, J., and Tillmann, B. (2009). Music lexical networks: the cortical organization of music recognition. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1169, 256-265. PDF

Voice perception in blind persons: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study

Gougoux, F., Belin, P., Voss, P., Lepore, F., Lassonde, M., and Zatorre, R.J. (2009). Voice perception in blind persons: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuropsychologia 47, 2967-2974. PDF

Electrophysiological evidence for an early processing of human voices

Charest, I., Pernet, C.R., Rousselet, G.A., Quinones, I., Latinus, M., Fillion-Bilodeau, S., Chartrand, J.P., and Belin, P. (2009). Electrophysiological evidence for an early processing of human voices. BMC neuroscience 10, 127. PDF

Sound design and perception in walking interactions

Visell, Y., Fontana, F., Giordano, B.L., Nordahl, R., Serafin, S., Bresin, R. (2009). Sound design and perception in walking interactions. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 67 (11), 947–959. PDF

The perception of musical timbre

McAdams, S.,  Giordano, B.L. (2009). The perception of musical timbre. In S. Hallam, I. Cross, & M. Thaut (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of music psychology, 72–80. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. PDF

Classification images reveal the information sensitivity of brain voxels in fMRI

Smith, F.W., Muckli, L., Brennan, D., Pernet, C., Smith, M.L., Belin, P., Gosselin, F., Hadley, D.M., Cavanagh, J., and Schyns, P.G. (2008). Classification images reveal the information sensitivity of brain voxels in fMRI. NeuroImage 40, 1643-1654. PDF

Recognition and discrimination of prototypical dynamic expressions of pain and emotions

Simon, D., Craig, K.D., Gosselin, F., Belin, P., and Rainville, P. (2008). Recognition and discrimination of prototypical dynamic expressions of pain and emotions. Pain 135, 55-64. PDF

Investigations of hemispheric specialization of self-voice recognition

Rosa, C., Lassonde, M., Pinard, C., Keenan, J.P., and Belin, P. (2008). Investigations of hemispheric specialization of self-voice recognition. Brain and cognition 68, 204-214. PDF

Auditory recognition expertise and domain specificity

Chartrand, J.P., Peretz, I., and Belin, P. (2008). Auditory recognition expertise and domain specificity. Brain research 1220, 191-198. PDF

The Montreal Affective Voices: a validated set of nonverbal affect bursts for research on auditory affective processing

Belin, P., Fillion-Bilodeau, S., and Gosselin, F. (2008). The Montreal Affective Voices: a validated set of nonverbal affect bursts for research on auditory affective processing. Behavior research methods 40, 531-539. PDF

Human cerebral response to animal affective vocalizations

Belin, P., Fecteau, S., Charest, I., Nicastro, N., Hauser, M.D., and Armony, J.L. (2008). Human cerebral response to animal affective vocalizations. Proceedings. Biological sciences / The Royal Society 275, 473-481. PDF

Amygdala responses to nonlinguistic emotional vocalizations

Fecteau, S., Belin, P., Joanette, Y., and Armony, J.L. (2007). Amygdala responses to nonlinguistic emotional vocalizations. NeuroImage 36, 480-487. PDF

Brain response to birdsongs in bird experts

Chartrand, J.P., Filion-Bilodeau, S., and Belin, P. (2007). Brain response to birdsongs in bird experts. Neuroreport 18, 335-340. PDF

Integrating face and voice in person perception

Campanella, S., and Belin, P. (2007). Integrating face and voice in person perception. Trends in cognitive sciences 11, 535-543. PDF

Cerebral response to 'voiceness'

Belizaire, G., Fillion-Bilodeau, S., Chartrand, J.P., Bertrand-Gauvin, C., and Belin, P. (2007). Cerebral response to ‘voiceness’: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study. Neuroreport 18, 29-33. PDF

Laugh (or cry) and you will be remembered

Armony, J.L., Chochol, C., Fecteau, S., and Belin, P. (2007). Laugh (or cry) and you will be remembered: influence of emotional expression on memory for vocalizations. Psychological science 18, 1027-1029. PDF

Can spectro-temporal complexity explain the autistic pattern of performance on auditory

Samson, F., Mottron, L., Jemel, B., Belin, P., and Ciocca, V. (2006). Can spectro-temporal complexity explain the autistic pattern of performance on auditory tasks? Journal of autism and developmental disorders 36, 65-76. PDF

Cortical processing of complex auditory stimuli during alterations of consciousness with the general anesthetic propofol

Plourde, G., Belin, P., Chartrand, D., Fiset, P., Backman, S.B., Xie, G., and Zatorre, R.J. (2006). Cortical processing of complex auditory stimuli during alterations of consciousness with the general anesthetic propofol. Anesthesiology 104, 448-457. PDF

Bilingual brain organization

Klein, D., Zatorre, R.J., Chen, J.K., Milner, B., Crane, J., Belin, P., and Bouffard, M. (2006). Bilingual brain organization: a functional magnetic resonance adaptation study. NeuroImage 31, 366-375. PDF

Superior voice timbre processing in musicians

Chartrand, J.P., and Belin, P. (2006). Superior voice timbre processing in musicians. Neuroscience letters 405, 164-167. PDF

Voice processing in human and non-human primates

Belin, P. (2006). Voice processing in human and non-human primates. Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 361, 2091-2107. PDF

Electrophysiological markers of voice familiarity

Beauchemin, M., De Beaumont, L., Vannasing, P., Turcotte, A., Arcand, C., Belin, P., and Lassonde, M. (2006). Electrophysiological markers of voice familiarity. The European journal of neuroscience 23, 3081-3086. PDF

Spatial representation of pitch height: the SMARC effect

Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B.L., Umiltà, C., Butterworth, B. (2006). Spatial representation of pitch height: the SMARC effect. Cognition, 99 (2), 113–129. PDF

Material identification of real impact sounds

Giordano, B.L., McAdams, S. (2006). Material identification of real impact sounds: effects of size variation in steel, glass, wood and plexiglass plates. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 119 (2), 1171–1181. PDF

Judgment of emotional nonlinguistic vocalizations

Fecteau, S., Armony, J.L., Joanette, Y., and Belin, P. (2005). Judgment of emotional nonlinguistic vocalizations: age-related differences. Applied neuropsychology 12, 40-48. PDF

Sensitivity to voice in human prefrontal cortex

Fecteau, S., Armony, J.L., Joanette, Y., and Belin, P. (2005). Sensitivity to voice in human prefrontal cortex. Journal of neurophysiology 94, 2251-2254. PDF

The mental space of pitch height

Rusconi, E., Kwan, B., Giordano, B.L., Umiltà, C., Butterworth, B. (2005). The Mental Space of Pitch Height. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1060, 195–197. PDF

Sensitivity to auditory object features in human temporal neocortex

Zatorre, R.J., Bouffard, M., and Belin, P. (2004). Sensitivity to auditory object features in human temporal neocortex. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 24, 3637-3642. PDF

Neuropsychology: pitch discrimination in the early blind

Gougoux, F., Lepore, F., Lassonde, M., Voss, P., Zatorre, R.J., and Belin, P. (2004). Neuropsychology: pitch discrimination in the early blind. Nature 430, 309. PDF

Abnormal cortical voice processing in autism

Gervais, H., Belin, P., Boddaert, N., Leboyer, M., Coez, A., Sfaello, I., Barthelemy, C., Brunelle, F., Samson, Y., and Zilbovicius, M. (2004). Abnormal cortical voice processing in autism. Nature neuroscience 7, 801-802. PDF

Priming of non-speech vocalizations in male adults

Fecteau, S., Armony, J.L., Joanette, Y., and Belin, P. (2004). Priming of non-speech vocalizations in male adults: the influence of the speaker’s gender. Brain and cognition 55, 300-302. PDF

Is voice processing species-specific in human auditory cortex

Fecteau, S., Armony, J.L., Joanette, Y., and Belin, P. (2004). Is voice processing species-specific in human auditory cortex? An fMRI study. NeuroImage 23, 840-848. PDF

Perception of complex sounds in autism: abnormal auditory cortical processing in children

Boddaert, N., Chabane, N., Belin, P., Bourgeois, M., Royer, V., Barthelemy, C., Mouren-Simeoni, M.C., Philippe, A., Brunelle, F., Samson, Y., and Zilbovicius, M. (2004). Perception of complex sounds in autism: abnormal auditory cortical processing in children. The American journal of psychiatry 161, 2117-2120. PDF

Thinking the voice: neural correlates of voice perception

Belin, P., Fecteau, S., and Bedard, C. (2004). Thinking the voice: neural correlates of voice perception. Trends in cognitive sciences 8, 129-135. PDF

A "voice inversion effect?"

Bedard, C., and Belin, P. (2004). A “voice inversion effect?”. Brain and cognition 55, 247-249. PDF

Perception of complex sounds: abnormal pattern of cortical activation in autism

Boddaert, N., Belin, P., Chabane, N., Poline, J.B., Barthelemy, C., Mouren-Simeoni, M.C., Brunelle, F., Samson, Y., and Zilbovicius, M. (2003). Perception of complex sounds: abnormal pattern of cortical activation in autism. The American journal of psychiatry 160, 2057-2060. PDF

Adaptation to speaker's voice in right anterior temporal lobe

Belin, P., and Zatorre, R.J. (2003). Adaptation to speaker’s voice in right anterior temporal lobe. Neuroreport 14, 2105-2109. PDF

Everyday listening: An annotated bibliography

Giordano, B.L. (2003). Everyday listening: An annotated bibliography. In D. Rocchesso, & F. Fontana (Eds.), The sounding object, 1–13. Firenze: Mondo Estremo. PDF

Material categorization and hardness scaling in real and synthetic impact sounds

Giordano, B.L. (2003). Material categorization and hardness scaling in real and synthetic impact sounds. In D. Rocchesso, & F. Fontana (Eds.), The sounding object, 73–93. Firenze: Mondo Estremo. PDF

Where is 'where' in the human auditory cortex

Zatorre, R.J., Bouffard, M., Ahad, P., and Belin, P. (2002). Where is ‘where’ in the human auditory cortex? Nature neuroscience 5, 905-909. PDF

Structure and function of auditory cortex

Zatorre, R.J., Belin, P., and Penhune, V.B. (2002). Structure and function of auditory cortex: music and speech. Trends in cognitive sciences 6, 37-46. PDF

Human temporal-lobe response to vocal sounds

Belin, P., Zatorre, R.J., and Ahad, P. (2002). Human temporal-lobe response to vocal sounds. Brain research. Cognitive brain research 13, 17-26. PDF

The neuroanatomical substrate of sound duration discrimination

Belin, P., McAdams, S., Thivard, L., Smith, B., Savel, S., Zilbovicius, M., Samson, S., and Samson, Y. (2002). The neuroanatomical substrate of sound duration discrimination. Neuropsychologia 40, 1956-1964. PDF

Spectral and temporal processing in human auditory cortex

Zatorre, R.J., and Belin, P. (2001). Spectral and temporal processing in human auditory cortex. Cerebral cortex 11, 946-953. PDF

Auditory perception and language

Samson, Y., Belin, P., Thivard, L., Boddaert, N., Crozier, S., and Zilbovicius, M. (2001). [Auditory perception and language: functional imaging of speech sensitive auditory cortex]. Revue neurologique 157, 837-846. PDF

Temporal lobe dysfunction in childhood autism

Zilbovicius, M., Boddaert, N., Belin, P., Poline, J.B., Remy, P., Mangin, J.F., Thivard, L., Barthelemy, C., and Samson, Y. (2000). Temporal lobe dysfunction in childhood autism: a PET study. Positron emission tomography. The American journal of psychiatry 157, 1988-1993. PDF

A cortical region sensitive to auditory spectral motion

Thivard, L., Belin, P., Zilbovicius, M., Poline, J.B., and Samson, Y. (2000). A cortical region sensitive to auditory spectral motion. Neuroreport 11, 2969-2972. PDF

Voice-selective areas in human auditory cortex

Belin, P., Zatorre, R.J., Lafaille, P., Ahad, P., and Pike, B. (2000). Voice-selective areas in human auditory cortex. Nature 403, 309-312. PDF

'What', 'where' and 'how' in auditory cortex

Belin, P., and Zatorre, R.J. (2000). ‘What’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ in auditory cortex. Nature neuroscience 3, 965-966.
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Mechanisms of aphasia recovery and brain imaging

Samson, Y., Belin, P., Zilbovicius, M., Remy, P., van Eeckhout, P., and Rancurel, G. (1999). [Mechanisms of aphasia recovery and brain imaging]. Revue neurologique 155, 725-730.

Event-related fMRI of the auditory cortex

Belin, P., Zatorre, R.J., Hoge, R., Evans, A.C., and Pike, B. (1999). Event-related fMRI of the auditory cortex. NeuroImage 10, 417-429. PDF

Three-dimensional reconstruction of the human central sulcus reveals a morphological correlate of the hand area

Sastre-Janer, F.A., Regis, J., Belin, P., Mangin, J.F., Dormont, D., Masure, M.C., Remy, P., Frouin, V., and Samson, Y. (1998). Three-dimensional reconstruction of the human central sulcus reveals a morphological correlate of the hand area. Cerebral cortex 8, 641-647. PDF

Lateralization of speech and auditory temporal processing

Belin, P., Zilbovicius, M., Crozier, S., Thivard, L., Fontaine, A., Masure, M.C., and Samson, Y. (1998). Lateralization of speech and auditory temporal processing. Journal of cognitive neuroscience 10, 536-540. PDF

The functional anatomy of sound intensity discrimination

Belin, P., McAdams, S., Smith, B., Savel, S., Thivard, L., Samson, S., and Samson, Y. (1998). The functional anatomy of sound intensity discrimination. The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 18, 6388-6394. PDF

Recovery from nonfluent aphasia after melodic intonation therapy

Belin, P., Van Eeckhout, P., Zilbovicius, M., Remy, P., Francois, C., Guillaume, S., Chain, F., Rancurel, G., and Samson, Y. (1996). Recovery from nonfluent aphasia after melodic intonation therapy: a PET study. Neurology 47, 1504-1511. PDF