The results suggest that the posterior STS has access to learned, talker-specific visual patterns of articulation, which may aid acoustic processing of the speech signal.

• 受试者由有面部识别障碍的患者（面容失认)和匹配的正常对照组成。结果发现，观察一个特定的人说话2分钟会改善后续对这个人的纯听觉语言和讲话者再认实验的结果。