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Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2010-02, Vol.107 (6), p.2408-2412 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright National Academy of Sciences Feb 9, 2010 ;ISSN: 0027-8424 ;EISSN: 1091-6490 ;DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908239106 ;PMID: 20133790

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Title:
Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations
Author: Sauter, Disa A ; Eisner, Frank ; Ekman, Paul ; Scott, Sophie K
Subjects: Adult ; Anger ; Biological Sciences ; Cognition & reasoning ; Cross-Cultural Comparison ; Cues ; Cultural groups ; Culture ; Emotional expression ; Emotions ; Facial Expression ; Facial expressions ; Fear ; Female ; Humans ; Information processing ; Language ; Laughter ; Listening ; Male ; Nonverbal communication ; Psychomotor Performance - physiology ; Reaction Time - physiology ; Recognition (Psychology) - physiology ; Signals ; Social Sciences ; Sound ; Visual Perception - physiology ; Voice - physiology
Is Part Of: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS, 2010-02, Vol.107 (6), p.2408-2412
Description: Emotional signals are crucial for sharing important information, with conspecifics, for example, to warn humans of danger. Humans use a range of different cues to communicate to others how they feel, including facial, vocal, and gestural signals. We examined the recognition of nonverbal emotional vocalizations, such as screams and laughs, across two dramatically different cultural groups. Western participants were compared to individuals from remote, culturally isolated Namibian villages. Vocalizations communicating the so-called "basic emotions" (anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise) were bidirectionally recognized. In contrast, a set of additional emotions was only recognized within, but not across, cultural boundaries. Our findings indicate that a number of primarily negative emotions have vocalizations that can be recognized across cultures, while most positive emotions are communicated with culture-specific signals.
Publisher: United States: National Academy of Sciences
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0027-8424
EISSN: 1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908239106
PMID: 20133790
Source: GFMER Free Medical Journals
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Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations

Copyright National Academy of Sciences Feb 9, 2010 ;ISSN: 0027-8424 ;EISSN: 1091-6490 ;DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908239106 ;PMID: 20133790

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