Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters

Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters Publisher

Abroodi H¹ ; Joghataei MT² ; Shekari E¹ ; Nilipour R³ ; Valinejad V⁴ ; Almasidoghaee M⁵

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1. Department of Neuroscience, Faculty of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2. Department of Innovation in Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa University, ON, Canada
3. Department of Speech Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4. Department of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Rehabilitation, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
5. Neurology Department, Firoozgar Hospital, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Source: Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Published:2025

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Background. The purpose of the present study was to identify brain regions sensitive to emotion-specific acoustic parameters in healthy individuals. Method. Three pseudo-words consecutively in the form of one stimulus were spoken with neutral and angry prosody. Then, we changed the acoustic parameters (mean fundamental frequency, intensity, and speech tempo) in angry prosody. The stimuli were presented in a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) experiment to detect anger or neutrality. Results. Stronger activation in the left superior temporal gyrus (STG) and Heschl’s gyrus (HG) when the mean f0 converted from 300 Hz to 250 Hz was observed. Increased activity in the right posterior STG and posterior middle temporal gyrus (MTG) was revealed in more intensity anger prosody. Moreover, we found stronger activity in the right mid-STG, MTG, and the left STG in a faster speech tempo. Conclusion. According to the increased activity in the STG and MTG of both hemispheres following the more intense anger (lower fundamental frequency, more intensity, and faster speech tempo), it can probably be concluded that a more intense comprehension of anger is resulted from the sending different information from these regions to the inferior frontal gyrus (IFG) and orbital frontal cortex (OFC). © 2025 Iran University of Medical Sciences. All rights reserved.

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MLA	Abroodi H, et al.. "Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters." Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 16, no. 2, 2025, pp. -.
APA	Abroodi H, Joghataei MT, Shekari E, Nilipour R, Valinejad V, Almasidoghaee M (2025). Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 16(2), -.
Chicago	Abroodi H, Joghataei MT, Shekari E, Nilipour R, Valinejad V, Almasidoghaee M. "Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters." Basic and Clinical Neuroscience 16, no. 2 (2025): -.
Harvard	Abroodi H et al. (2025) 'Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters', Basic and Clinical Neuroscience, 16(2), pp. -.
Vancouver	Abroodi H, Joghataei MT, Shekari E, Nilipour R, Valinejad V, Almasidoghaee M. Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience. 2025;16(2):-.
BibTex	@article{ author = {Abroodi H and Joghataei MT and Shekari E and Nilipour R and Valinejad V and Almasidoghaee M}, title = {Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters}, journal = {Basic and Clinical Neuroscience}, volume = {16}, number = {2}, pages = {-}, year = {2025} }
RIS	TY - JOUR AU - Abroodi H AU - Joghataei MT AU - Shekari E AU - Nilipour R AU - Valinejad V AU - Almasidoghaee M TI - Specific Brain Regions Involved in Decoding of the Anger Acoustic Parameters JO - Basic and Clinical Neuroscience VL - 16 IS - 2 SP - EP - PY - 2025 ER -

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