The neural bases of prosody: Insights from lesion studies and neuroimaging

This paper reviews the major findings and hypotheses to emerge in the literature concerned with speech prosody. Both production and perception of prosody are considered. Evidence from studies of patients with lateralized left or right hemisphere damage are presented, as well as relevant data from anatomical and functional imaging studies.

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