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Title Emotions in the human voice. Volume 1, Foundations / edited by Krzysztof Izdebski ; foreword by Hans von Leden ; preface by Krzysztof Izdebski ; contributors, Åsa Abelin [and thirty others].

Publication Info. San Diego, California ; Oxford [England] ; Brisbane [Queensland] : Plural Publishing Inc., 2008.
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Emotions in the Human Voice ; v. 1
Emotions in the Human Voice.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
Contents Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1. Erotic and Orgasmic Vocalization: Myth, Reality, or Both?; Chapter 2. A Rationale for Exploring Vocal Pleasantness; Chapter 3. A Unified Model of Cognition, Emotion, and Action and Its Relation to Vocally Encoded Cognitive-Affective States; Chapter 4. Anger or Fear? Cross-Cultural Multimodal Interpretations of Emotional Expressions; Chapter 5. Brain Correlates of Vocal Emotional Processing in Men and Women.
Chapter 6. Emotion-Related Vocal Acoustics Cue-Configuration, Dimensional, and Affect-Induction PerspectivesChapter 7. Emotions in Spoken Finnish: Cues for the Human Listener and the Computer; Chapter 8. Judgments of the Affective Valence of Spontaneous Vocalizations The Influence of Situational Context; Chapter 9. Modification of Emotional Speech and Voice Quality Based on Changes to the Vocal Tract Structure; Chapter 10. Perception of Emotions Expressed via Speech and Nonlinguistic Vocalizations; Chapter 11. Research on Vocal Expression of Emotion: State of the Art and Future Directions.
Chapter 12. The Role of Voice in the Expression and Perception of EmotionsChapter 13. Universality and Diversity in the Vocalization of Emotions; Chapter 14. Voice Fundamental Frequency Changes as a Function of Foreign Languages Familiarity: An Emotional Effect?; Chapter 15. Voice and Affect in Speech Communication; Index.
Summary This book introduces foundations of vocal examined emotions and the vocal expressions of affective states. Vocal aspects of affective states are approached from many points of view and linked with affective dimensions and categories. Discussed among the nonverbal cues is the role of pitch, loudness, spectrum and speech rate. Findings are linked to the many fields that study emotions. The volume also discusses what constitutes an emotion, the function of the emotions in our life, and what is vocally transmitted to comprehend these states.
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Subject Voice -- Psychological aspects.
Voice -- Psychological aspects.
Voice.
Emotions.
Emotions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Voice.
Added Author Izdebski, Krzysztof, editor, author of introduction, etc.
Von Leden, Hans, author of introduction, etc.
Abelin, Åsa, contributor.
Other Form: Print version: Emotions in the human voice. Volume 1, Foundations. San Diego, California ; Oxford, [England] ; Brisbane, [Queensland] : Plural Publishing Inc., ©2008 xx, 238 pages 9781597560733
ISBN 9781597568302 (electronic book)
1597568309 (electronic book)
9781597560733