Cultural differences in vocal emotion recognition: a behavioural and skin conductance study in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau

dc.contributor.authorCosme, Gonçalo
dc.contributor.authorTavares, Vânia
dc.contributor.authorNobre, Guilherme
dc.contributor.authorLima, César
dc.contributor.authorSá, Rui Miguel Moutinho
dc.contributor.authorRosa, Pedro Joel
dc.contributor.authorPrata, Diana
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-27T17:06:25Z
dc.date.available2022-01-27T17:06:25Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.descriptionPsychological Researchpt
dc.description.abstractCross-cultural studies of emotion recognition in nonverbal vocalizations not only support the universality hypothesis for its innate features, but also an in-group advantage for culture-dependent features. Nevertheless, in such studies, differences in socio-economic-educational status have not always been accounted for, with idiomatic translation of emotional concepts being a limitation, and the underlying psychophysiological mechanisms still un-researched. We set out to investigate whether native residents from Guinea-Bissau (West African culture) and Portugal (Western European culture)—matched for socio-economic-educational status, sex and language—varied in behavioural and autonomic system response during emotion recognition of nonverbal vocalizations from Portuguese individuals. Overall, Guinea–Bissauans (as out-group) responded significantly less accurately (corrected p < .05), slower, and showed a trend for higher concomitant skin conductance, compared to Portuguese (as in-group)—findings which may indicate a higher cognitive effort stemming from higher difficulty in discerning emotions from another culture. Specifically, accuracy differences were particularly found for pleasure, amusement, and anger, rather than for sadness, relief or fear. Nevertheless, both cultures recognized all emotions above-chance level. The perceived authenticity, measured for the first time in nonverbal cross-cultural research, in the same vocalizations, retrieved no difference between cultures in accuracy, but still a slower response from the out-group. Lastly, we provide—to our knowledge—a first account of how skin conductance response varies between nonverbally vocalized emotions, with significant differences (p < .05). In sum, we provide behavioural and psychophysiological data, demographically and language-matched, that supports cultural and emotion effects on vocal emotion recognition and perceived authenticity, as well as the universality hypothesis.en
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dc.identifier.citation12. Cosme, G. Tavares, T, Nobre, G., Lima, C., Sá, R., Rosa P.J., & Prata, D. (2021). Cultural differences in vocal emotion recognition: A behavioural and skin conductance study in Portugal and Guinea-Bissau. Psychological Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01498-2pt
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00426-021-01498-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10437/12565
dc.language.isoengpt
dc.publisherPsychological Researchpt
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectPSICOLOGIApt
dc.subjectPSICOFISIOLOGIApt
dc.subjectEMOÇÕESpt
dc.subjectCOMUNICAÇÃO NÃO VERBALpt
dc.subjectESTUDOS CULTURAISpt
dc.subjectCULTURApt
dc.subjectAUTENTICIDADEpt
dc.subjectPSYCHOLOGYen
dc.subjectPSYCHOPHYSIOLOGYen
dc.subjectEMOTIONSen
dc.subjectNON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONen
dc.subjectCULTURAL STUDIESen
dc.subjectCULTUREen
dc.subjectAUTHENTICITYen
dc.titleCultural differences in vocal emotion recognition: a behavioural and skin conductance study in Portugal and Guinea-Bissaupt
dc.typearticlept

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