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Cognition and Emotion Volume 19, 2005 - Issue 5
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A dimensional approach to vocal expression of emotion

Petri Laukka Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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Patrik Juslin Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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Roberto Bresin Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Pages 633-653 | Published online: 09 Sep 2010
 
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Abstract

This study explored a dimensional approach to vocal expression of emotion. Actors vocally portrayed emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness) with weak and strong emotion intensity. Listeners (30 university students and 6 speech experts) rated each portrayal on four emotion dimensions (activation, valence, potency, emotion intensity). The portrayals were also acoustically analysed with respect to 20 vocal cues (e.g., speech rate, voice intensity, fundamental frequency, spectral energy distribution). The results showed that: (a) there were distinct patterns of ratings of activation, valence, and potency for the different emotions; (b) all four emotion dimensions were correlated with several vocal cues; (c) listeners' ratings could be successfully predicted from the vocal cues for all dimensions except valence; and (d) the intensity dimension was positively correlated with the activation dimension in the listeners' ratings.

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