The Minor Third Communicates Sadness in Speech, Mirroring Its Use in Music

Emotion

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 335-348

  Curtis, Meagan E ^a   Bharucha, Jamshed J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; emotions; music and emotion; musical intervals; prosody

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LONELINESS; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SPEECH ARTICULATION; THEORY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; BEREAVEMENT; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953279378     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017928     Document Type: Article

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