Flexible voices: Identity perception from variable vocal signals

N Lavan, AM Burton, SK Scott, C McGettigan - Psychonomic bulletin & …, 2019 - Springer
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 …

Understanding the mechanisms of familiar voice-identity recognition in the human brain

C Maguinness, C Roswandowitz, K von Kriegstein - Neuropsychologia, 2018 - Elsevier
Humans have a remarkable skill for voice-identity recognition: most of us can remember
many voices that surround us as 'unique'. In this review, we explore the computational and …

An EEG based familiar and unfamiliar person identification and classification system using feature extraction and directed functional brain network

W Chang, H Wang, G Yan, C Liu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2020 - Elsevier
People are extremely proficient at recognizing familiar person, but are much worse at
matching unfamiliar one. However, the neural correlation of this proposed difference in …

Highly accurate and robust identity perception from personally familiar voices.

E Kanber, N Lavan, C McGettigan - Journal of Experimental …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Previous research suggests that familiarity with a voice can afford benefits for voice and
speech perception. However, even familiar voice perception has been reported to be error …

Obligatory and facultative brain regions for voice-identity recognition

C Roswandowitz, C Kappes, H Obrig, K von Kriegstein - Brain, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Recognizing the identity of others by their voice is an important skill for social interactions.
To date, it remains controversial which parts of the brain are critical structures for this skill …

Listeners form average-based representations of individual voice identities

N Lavan, S Knight, C McGettigan - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Models of voice perception propose that identities are encoded relative to an
abstracted average or prototype. While there is some evidence for norm-based coding when …

How does familiarity with a voice affect trait judgements?

N Lavan, M Mileva, C McGettigan - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
From only a single spoken word, listeners can form a wealth of first impressions of a person's
character traits and personality based on their voice. However, due to the substantial within …

Auditory-perceptual assessment and acoustic analysis of gender expression in the voice

DH da Cruz Martinho, AC Constantini - Journal of Voice, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Determine if acoustic measurements exist that are predictive of Auditory-
Perceptual Assessment (APA) of gender expression in the voice of transgender, nonbinary …

Accurate reader identification for the Arabic Holy Quran recitations based on an enhanced VQ algorithm

MA Al-Jarrah, A Al-Jarrah, A Jarrah… - Revue d'Intelligence …, 2022 - shura.shu.ac.uk
The Speaker identification process is not a new trend; however, for the Arabic Holy Quran
recitation, there are still quite improvements that can make this process more accurate and …

'Is there something wrong with your voice?'A qualitative study of the voice concerns of people with laryngotracheal stenosis

GM Clunie, A Belsi, JWG Roe, G Sandhu… - … Journal of Language …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Acquired laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) is a rare condition that causes
breathlessness and dyspnoea. Patients have reconstructive airway surgery to improve their …