The expression and recognition of emotions in the voice across five nations

A lens model analysis based on acoustic features

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ID6199724
AutoresPetri Laukka (0000-0001-8771-6818, Stockholm University), Hillary Anger Elfenbein (0000-0002-3973-1447, Washington University in St. Louis), Nutankumar S Thingujam (0000-0002-3185-0759, Sikkim University), Thomas Rockstuhl (0000-0001-6430-9056, Nanyang Technological University), Frederick Kang’ethe Iraki (Alliant University), Wanda Chui (University of California, Berkeley), Jean Althoff (The University of Queensland)
Año2016
Volumen111
Número5
Páginas686-705
Fecha de publicación2016-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315
EditorialAmerican Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1037/pspi0000066
PMID27537275
OpenAlexW2462978422
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas43

This study extends previous work on emotion communication across cultures with a large-scale investigation of the physical expression cues in vocal tone. In doing so, it provides the first direct test of a key proposition of dialect theory, namely that greater accuracy of detecting emotions from one's own cultural group-known as in-group advantage-results from a match between culturally specific schemas in emotional expression style and culturally specific schemas in emotion recognition. Study 1 used stimuli from 100 professional actors from five English-speaking nations vocally conveying 11 emotional states (anger, contempt, fear, happiness, interest, lust, neutral, pride, relief, sadness, and shame) using standard-content sentences. Detailed acoustic analyses showed many similarities across groups, and yet also systematic group differences. This provides evidence for cultural accents in expressive style at the level of acoustic cues. In Study 2, listeners evaluated these expressions in a 5 × 5 design balanced across groups. Cross-cultural accuracy was greater than expected by chance. However, there was also in-group advantage, which varied across emotions. A lens model analysis of fundamental acoustic properties examined patterns in emotional expression and perception within and across groups. Acoustic cues were used relatively similarly across groups both to produce and judge emotions, and yet there were also subtle cultural differences. Speakers appear to have a culturally nuanced schema for enacting vocal tones via acoustic cues, and perceivers have a culturally nuanced schema in judging them. Consistent with dialect theory's prediction, in-group judgments showed a greater match between these schemas used for emotional expression and perception. (PsycINFO Database Record

Anger · Cognitive psychology · Contempt · Disgust · Emotional expression · Happiness · Perception · Sadness · Schema (genetic algorithms) · Emotion and Mood Recognition · Multisensory perception and integration · Neuroscience and Music Perception · Psychology · Social Psychology