Figure 2. Converging evidence for the representation of vocalization sounds in the auditory ventral stream.

A: Humans, meta-analysis of auditory imaging studies using a) phonemes, b) words, c) short phrases[29]; B: Word representation in humans, identified by electrostimulation mapping of word comprehension[36]; C: Functional MRI results of activation by species-specific vocalizations in the rhesus monkey[51]. MC = monkey calls; ENV = environmental sounds; SMC = scrambled monkey calls; RTL = lateral rostrotemporal area.