Showing papers by "Rainer Banse published in 1991"
TL;DR: In this paper, the correspondence between theoretical predictions on vocal expression patterns in naturally occurring emotions and empirical data on the acoustic characteristics of actors' portrayals was examined and the results for the acoustic parameters extracted from the speech signal show a number of significant differences between emotions, generally confirming the theoretical predictions.
Abstract: This research examines the correspondence between theoretical predictions on vocal expression patterns in naturally occurring emotions (as based on the component process theory of emotion; Scherer, 1986) and empirical data on the acoustic characteristics of actors' portrayals Two male and two female professional radio actors portrayed anger, sadness, joy, fear, and disgust based on realistic scenarios of emotion-eliciting events A series of judgment studies was conducted to assess the degree to which judges are able to recognize the intended emotion expressions Disgust was relatively poorly recognized; average recognition accuracy for the other emotions attained 628% across studies A set of portrayals reaching a satisfactory level of recognition accuracy underwent digital acoustic analysis The results for the acoustic parameters extracted from the speech signal show a number of significant differences between emotions, generally confirming the theoretical predictions
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