Universality and Cultural Specificity in the Emotion Perception from Touch

Universality and cultural specificity in the emotion perception from touch

10.31234/osf.io/pg8fy ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rika Oya ◽

Akihiro Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Emotion Perception ◽

Chance Level ◽

Japanese People ◽

Cultural Specificity ◽

Perception Of Emotions ◽

Detailed Level

Can people communicate distinct emotions by touch? Previous studies in Western cultures have indicated that certain emotions could be perceived above the chance level when an encoder conveys emotions by touching a decoder's arm. However, the perception of emotions from touch has not been investigated in Japan, where it is uncommon to use touch as a method of daily communication. Therefore, we conducted an experiment with Japanese participants, which was nearly identical to previous studies with non-Japanese people. Results indicated that anger, love, and gratitude were categorized above chance, and fear, disgust, surprise, envy, and sympathy could also be accurately recognized above chance at a less detailed level such as pleasant or unpleasant, and aroused or non-aroused. These findings suggest universality and differences between Japanese and Westerners regarding the perception of emotions by touch.

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Is There a Role for Language in Emotion Perception?

Emotion Review ◽

10.1177/1754073917693924 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 111-115 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Disa A. Sauter

Keyword(s):

Categorical Perception ◽

Emotion Perception ◽

Linguistic Relativity ◽

Alternative View ◽

Emotional Expressions ◽

Levels Of Processing ◽

Perception Of Emotions ◽

The Relationship ◽

Emotion Concepts ◽

Different Levels

What is the relationship between language, emotion concepts, and perceptual categories? Here I compare the strong Whorfian view of linguistic relativity, which argues that language plays a necessary role in the perception of emotions, to the alternative view that different levels of processing (e.g., linguistic, conceptual, perceptual) are relatively independent and thus, that language does not play a foundational role in emotion perception. I examine neuropsychological studies that have tested strong claims of linguistic relativity, and discuss research on categorical perception of emotional expressions, where the two accounts have been directly tested against each other. As in other perceptual domains, there is little evidence that language plays a foundational role in the perception of emotion.

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Touch Communicates Positive Emotions and Voice Negative Emotions

10.31234/osf.io/mkx59 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rika Oya ◽

Akihiro Tanaka

Keyword(s):

Positive Emotions ◽

Expressed Emotion ◽

Negative Emotions ◽

Emotion Perception ◽

Complex Emotions ◽

Perception Of Emotions

Previous research revealed that nonverbal touch can communicate several emotions. Here, we compared the perception of emotions from touch with that from voice to examine whether the superiority differs between modalities. In our experiment, the encoder expressed 12 emotions including complex emotions by touching the decoder’s arm or uttering one syllable, and the decoder judged the expressed emotion. The results showed that the accuracy for touch and voice did not differ. Interestingly, positive emotions such as love and gratitude were perceived more correctly from touch, while negative emotions such as sadness and disgust were perceived correctly from voice. These results suggest that different modalities have different superiorities in emotion perception.

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Fuzzy logical model of bimodal emotion perception: Comment on “The perception of emotions by ear and by eye” by de Gelder and Vroomen

Cognition & Emotion ◽

10.1080/026999300378833 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 313-320 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Dominic W. Massaro ◽

Michael M. Cohen

Keyword(s):

Emotion Perception ◽

Logical Model ◽

Fuzzy Logical Model ◽

Perception Of Emotions ◽

Fuzzy Logical

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Role of Orientation in Perception of Emotions

Perceptual and Motor Skills ◽

10.2466/pms.101.1.217-222 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 101 (1) ◽

pp. 217-222

Author(s):

Emese Nagy ◽

Katherine A. Loveland ◽

Peter Molnar

Keyword(s):

Heart Rate ◽

Emotion Perception ◽

Heart Rate Deceleration ◽

Orientation Reaction ◽

Multistep Process ◽

Novel Objects ◽

Perception Of Emotions ◽

Rate Deceleration

Our study examined whether perception of novel emotions, as with perception of novel objects, elicits a cardiac orientation reaction. Using a habituation-dishabituation paradigm, data from 11 adult subjects showed that orientation to both novel emotions and novel objects elicited a heart-rate deceleration. Results suggest that the orientation reaction may be an integral part of perception of emotion. Perception of emotions, therefore, is a complex, multistep process that includes an early orientation reaction.

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58: Assessment of Quality of Life Using SF-36 Questionnaires in Patients Following Orthotopic Neobladder Reconstruction Compared with Standard Levels in Japanese People

The Journal of Urology ◽

10.1016/s0022-5347(18)37320-8 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 171 (4S) ◽

pp. 15-16

Author(s):

Tatsuaki Yoneda ◽

Shin Imai ◽

Shinji Urakami ◽

Hirofumi Kishi ◽

Kazushi Shigeno ◽

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Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Japanese People ◽

Orthotopic Neobladder ◽

Sf 36

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Perception of Emotional Expressions in Adults

Journal of Individual Differences ◽

10.1027/1614-0001/a000183 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (1) ◽

pp. 16-23 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chit Yuen Yi ◽

Matthew W. E. Murry ◽

Amy L. Gentzler

Keyword(s):

Facial Expressions ◽

Negative Mood ◽

Emotion Perception ◽

State Level ◽

Past Research ◽

Negative Emotionality ◽

Basic Emotions ◽

Perceived Intensity ◽

Trait Level ◽

Facial Expressions Of Emotion

Abstract. Past research suggests that transient mood influences the perception of facial expressions of emotion, but relatively little is known about how trait-level emotionality (i.e., temperament) may influence emotion perception or interact with mood in this process. Consequently, we extended earlier work by examining how temperamental dimensions of negative emotionality and extraversion were associated with the perception accuracy and perceived intensity of three basic emotions and how the trait-level temperamental effect interacted with state-level self-reported mood in a sample of 88 adults (27 men, 18–51 years of age). The results indicated that higher levels of negative mood were associated with higher perception accuracy of angry and sad facial expressions, and higher levels of perceived intensity of anger. For perceived intensity of sadness, negative mood was associated with lower levels of perceived intensity, whereas negative emotionality was associated with higher levels of perceived intensity of sadness. Overall, our findings added to the limited literature on adult temperament and emotion perception.

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