Cross-cultural differences in the processing of non-verbal affective vocalizations by Japanese and Canadian listeners

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Koeda, Michihiko ^a,b   Belin, Pascal ^b   Hama, Tomoko ^c   Masuda, Tadashi ^d   Matsuura, Masato ^c   Okubo, Yoshiro ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross cultural differences; Emotion; Montreal affective voices; Social cognition; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878807788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00105     Document Type: Article

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