Encoding conditions affect recognition of vocally expressed emotions across cultures

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 4, Issue MAR, 2013, Pages

  Jürgens, Rebecca ^a   Drolet, Matthis ^a   Pirow, Ralph ^a,b,c   Scheiner, Elisabeth ^a,b,c   Fischer, Julia ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c Ecole d'Humanité   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Culture; Emotion; Play acting; Recognition; Speech; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878860995     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00111     Document Type: Article

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