Emotion appraisal dimensions inferred from vocal expressions are consistent across cultures: A comparison between Australia and India

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2017, Pages

  Nordström, Henrik ^a   Laukka, Petri ^a   Thingujam, Nutankumar S ^b   Schubert, Emery ^c   Elfenbein, Hillary Anger ^d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SIKKIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic parameters; Appraisal; Cross cultural; Emotion recognition; Speech; Vocal expression

Indexed keywords

EID: 85034418583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170912     Document Type: Article

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