Evidence for cultural dialects in vocal emotion expression: Acoustic classification within and across five nations

Emotion

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 445-449

  Laukka, Petri ^a   Neiberg, Daniel ^b   Elfenbein, Hillary Anger ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Emotion recognition; In group advantage; Machine learning; Vocal expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; RECOGNITION; SIMULATION; SPEECH; VOICE; ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GROUP PROCESS; INDIA; KENYA; PHONATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPRESSED EMOTION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INDIA; KENYA; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PHONATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901774757     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0036048     Document Type: Article

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