Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations
Cross-cultural recognition of basic emotions through nonverbal emotional vocalizations
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.0908239106
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发表时间：
2010-02-09
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Scott, Sophie K.
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作者：
Sauter, Disa A.;Eisner, Frank;Scott, Sophie K.
情感信号对于分享重要信息是至关重要的，例如，用类似的细节来警告人类危险。人类使用一系列不同的线索来与他人交流他们的感受，包括面部、声音和手势信号。我们研究了两个截然不同的文化群体对非语言情感发声的识别，比如尖叫和大笑。西方参与者被比作来自偏远、文化与世隔绝的纳米比亚村庄的人。传达所谓“基本情绪”(愤怒、厌恶、恐惧、喜悦、悲伤和惊讶)的发音是双向识别的。相比之下，一组额外的情感只在文化边界内被识别，而不是跨越文化边界。我们的发现表明，许多主要是负面情绪的发声可以跨文化识别，而大多数积极情绪是通过特定于文化的信号进行交流的。
Emotional signals are crucial for sharing important information, with conspecifics, for example, to warn humans of danger. Humans use a range of different cues to communicate to others how they feel, including facial, vocal, and gestural signals. We examined the recognition of nonverbal emotional vocalizations, such as screams and laughs, across two dramatically different cultural groups. Western participants were compared to individuals from remote, culturally isolated Namibian villages. Vocalizations communicating the so-called "basic emotions" (anger, disgust, fear, joy, sadness, and surprise) were bidirectionally recognized. In contrast, a set of additional emotions was only recognized within, but not across, cultural boundaries. Our findings indicate that a number of primarily negative emotions have vocalizations that can be recognized across cultures, while most positive emotions are communicated with culture-specific signals.