Do nonlinear vocal phenomena signal negative valence or high emotion intensity?
acoustic communication
context
emotion
nonlinear vocal phenomena
nonverbal vocalizations
Journal
Royal Society open science
ISSN: 2054-5703
Titre abrégé: R Soc Open Sci
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101647528
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
23
07
2020
accepted:
05
11
2020
entrez:
25
1
2021
pubmed:
26
1
2021
medline:
26
1
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Nonlinear vocal phenomena (NLPs) are commonly reported in animal calls and, increasingly, in human vocalizations. These perceptually harsh and chaotic voice features function to attract attention and convey urgency, but they may also signal aversive states. To test whether NLPs enhance the perception of negative affect or only signal high arousal, we added subharmonics, sidebands or deterministic chaos to 48 synthetic human nonverbal vocalizations of ambiguous valence: gasps of fright/surprise, moans of pain/pleasure, roars of frustration/achievement and screams of fear/delight. In playback experiments (
Identifiants
pubmed: 33489278
doi: 10.1098/rsos.201306
pii: rsos201306
pmc: PMC7813245
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
201306Informations de copyright
© 2020 The Authors.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors report no competing interests.
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