A Little Bit Louder Now: Negative Affect Increases Perceived Loudness

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1006-1011

  Siegel, Erika H ^a   Stefanucci, Jeanine K ^b  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Auditory perception; Loudness; Negative affect; Negative mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; MOOD; NEGATIVE AFFECT; VISION; WRITING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AFFECT; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052299498     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024590     Document Type: Article

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