The perception of caricatured emotion in voice.

摘要: Abstract Affective vocalisations such as screams and laughs can convey strong emotional content without verbal information. Previous research using morphed (e.g. 25% fear/75% anger) has revealed categorical perception of emotion in voices, showing sudden shifts at category boundaries. However, it is currently unknown how further modulation beyond the veridical 125% fear) affects perception. Caricatured facial expressions produce emotions that are perceived more intense distinctive, with faster recognition relative to original anti-caricatured 75% emotions, but a similar effect vocal caricatures not been previously examined. Furthermore, play key role assessing distinctiveness identified, particular by evaluating accounts reference prototypes (distance from central stimulus) exemplars (density stimulus space). Stimuli consisted four (anger, disgust, fear, pleasure) intervals between neutral expression each 125%, pair emotions. Emotion was assessed intensity ratings, valence arousal speeded categorisation paired similarity ratings. We report two findings: 1) across tasks, there strongly linear caricaturing, caricatured (125%) higher arousal, recognised compared (100%) anti-caricatures (25%–75%); 2) our results reveal evidence for unique contribution prototype-based account recognition. show first time caricature effects comparable those found caricatures. The set provided open promising line investigating affect processing deficits clinical populations.