title: Neuronal coding: the value in having an average voice.
abstract: Voices or faces that fall outside of the norm are the memorable ones. Recent human neuroimaging work, however, indicates that the average voice holds considerable currency for neuronal coding. The study also forges a bridge with the face recognition literature.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. chris.petkov@newcastle.ac.uk
authors.forename: Christopher I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Petkov
authors.forename: Quoc C
authors.initials: QC
authors.lastname: Vuong
mesh_terms: D001303:Auditory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D046709:Pattern Recognition, Physiological; D013061:Speech Acoustics