Emotions play a crucial role in an animal's life because they facilitate responses to external
or internal events of significance for the organism. In social species, one of the main …

Research on the vocal expression of emotion has long since used a “fishing expedition”
approach to find acoustic markers for emotion categories and dimensions. Although partially …

Emotion expression plays a crucial role for regulating social interactions. One efficient
channel for emotion communication is the vocal-auditory channel, which enables a fast …

The question of the arbitrariness of language is among the oldest in cognitive sciences, and
it relates to the nature of the associations between vocal sounds and their meaning. Growing …

This study aimed to investigate the role of voice source and formant frequencies in the
perception of emotional valence and psychophysiological activity level from short vowel …

Purpose The aim of this study was to determine the influence of emotional expression in
spectral energy distribution in professional theater actors. Study Design The study design is …

Affect signaling in human communication involves cortico-limbic brain systems for affect
information decoding, such as expressed in vocal intonations during affective speech. Both …

Background The relevance of formant-based measures has been noted across a spectrum
of medical, technical, and linguistic applications. Therefore, the primary aim of the study was …

Fundamental frequency (F₀) and intensity are known to be important variables in the
communication of emotions in speech. In singing, however, pitch is predetermined and yet …

The vocal interaction plays a central role in the interpersonal communication situations and
it tends to be more or less coloured by emotions. The emotional development of an …