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Humans Recognize Vocal Expressions of Emotional States Universally Across Species

Year: 2016

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The perception of danger in the environment can induce physiological responses (such as a heightened state of arousal) in animals, which may cause measurable changes in the prosodic modulation of the voice (Briefer, 2012). The ability to interpret the prosodic features of animal calls as an indicator of emotional arousal may have provided the first hominins with an adaptive advantage, enabling, for instance, the recognition of a threat in the surroundings. This ability might have paved the ability to process meaningful prosodic modulations in the emerging linguistic utterances.

Source: MPG.PuRe (Max Planck Society)

Authors: Filippi, P., Congdon, J., Hoang, J., Bowling, D., Reber, S., Pašukonis, A., Hoeschele, M., Ocklenburg, S., de Boer, B., Sturdy, C., Newen, A., Güntürkün, O.

Institutions: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Ruhr University Bochum, University of Alberta, University of Vienna

Language: English

Topic: Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Subfield: Developmental Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2899533499

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