It has become accepted in the neuroscience community that perception and performance
are quintessentially multisensory by nature. Using the full palette of modern brain imaging …

Any account of “what is special about the human brain”(Passingham 2008) must specify the
neural basis of our unique ability to produce speech and delineate how these remarkable …

On the occasion of the centenary of the discovery of the Lombard effect, we review the
literature on noise-dependent regulation of vocal amplitude in humans and other animals …

The acoustic properties of the environment influence sound propagation. Many previous
studies examined whether various species of anurans, birds and mammals adjust usage …

The amount of underwater sound from ship traffic, commercial, research, and military sound
sources has increased significantly over the past century. Marine mammals and many other …

Highlights•Laryngeal motor cortex is indispensable for human but not monkey vocal motor
control.•It is located in the area 4 in humans but in the area 6 in non-human primates.•It …

The Lombard effect, an involuntary rise in call amplitude in response to masking ambient
noise, represents one of the most efficient mechanisms to optimize signal-to-noise ratio. The …

Understanding the neural underpinnings of vocal–motor control in humans and other
animals remains a major challenge in neurobiology. The Lombard effect–a rise in call …

Humans and non‐human mammals exhibit fundamentally similar vocal responses to
increased noise, including increases in vocalization amplitude (the L ombard effect) and …

The voluntary control of phonation is a crucial achievement in the evolution of speech. In
humans, ventral premotor cortex (PMv) and Broca's area are known to be involved in …