Cross-cultural study on audiovisual emotion perception by faces and voices

我们前期的研究发现，情感信息的多感觉整合受到知觉者文化背景的调节。本研究的目的是检验我们的研究结果的普遍性，并探讨为什么在面孔和声音的多感官情感知觉中观察到文化差异。结果证实，日本人比荷兰人更适应声音处理的多感官感知的情绪，即使是清晰的面孔，甚至当参与者注意到面孔和声音。结果还显示，东亚人比西方人更适应声音处理。

Our previous study found that multisensory integration of affective information is modulated by perceivers' cultural background. The purpose of this study is to examine the generalizability of our findings and to examine why cultural differences are observed in the multisensory perception of emotion by faces and voices. Results confirmed that Japanese people are more attuned than Dutch people to vocal processing in the multisensory perception of emotion, even when clear faces are used and even when participants pay attention to both faces and voices. Results also revealed that East Asians are more attuned than Westerners to vocal processing.