Factors in the recognition of vocally expressed emotions: A comparison of four languages

Journal of Phonetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 417-435

  Pell, Marc D ^a   Paulmann, Silke ^a,b   Dara, Chinar ^a   Alasseri, Areej ^a   Kotz, Sonja A ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 70350185394     PISSN: 00954470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wocn.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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