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Attention and emotion shape self-voice prioritization in speech processing
Pinheiro, Ana P.; Sarzedas, João; Roberto, Magda Sofia; Kotz, SonjaBoth self-voice and emotional speech are salient signals that are prioritized in perception. Surprisingly, self-voice perception has been investigated to a lesser extent than the selfface. Therefore, it remains to be clarified whether self-voice prioritization is boosted by emotion, and whether self-relevance and emotion interact differently when attention is focused on who is speaking vs. what is being said. T...
Blindness influences emotional authenticity perception in voices: Behavioral an...
Sarzedas, João; Lima, César F.; Roberto, Magda Sofia; Scott, Sophie K; Pinheiro, Ana P.; Conde, TatianaThe ability to distinguish spontaneous from volitional emotional expressions is an important social skill. How do blind individuals perceive emotional authenticity? Unlike sighted individuals, they cannot rely on facial and body language cues, relying instead on vocal cues alone. Here, we combined behavioral and ERP measures to investigate authenticity perception in laughter and crying in individuals with early...
Emotional authenticity modulates affective and social trait inferences from voices
Pinheiro, Ana P.; Anikin, Andrey; Conde, Tatiana magro; Sarzedas, João; Chen, Sinead; Scott, Sophie K; Lima, César F.The human voice is a primary tool for verbal and nonverbal communication. Studies on laughter emphasize a distinction between spontaneous laughter, which reflects a genuinely felt emotion, and volitional laughter, associated with more intentional communicative acts. Listeners can reliably differentiate the two. It remains unclear, however, if they can detect authenticity in other vocalizations, and whether auth...