A resource of validated digital audio recordings to assess identification of emotion in spoken language after a brain injury

Ben‐David, Boaz M.; Thayapararajah, Arthiga; Lieshout, Pascal van

doi:10.3109/02699052.2012.740648

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“…(A) Identification: forensic PwS were able to identify spoken emotions, yet their emotional-discriminability was poorer than that of controls; (B) Selective-attention: forensic PwS' performance indicated larger failures of selective-attention than their peers; and (C) Integration: forensic PwS integrated the prosodic and semantic channels in the same fashion as controls. Namely, both groups similarly gave prominence to the prosodic information over the semantic one (prosodic dominance), a marker of typical spoken-emotion processing, as found already in various studies ( 24 – 28 ).…”

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Processing of Spoken Emotions in Schizophrenia: Forensic and Non-forensic Patients Differ in Emotional Identification and Integration but Not in Selective Attention

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Patients with schizophrenia (PwS) typically demonstrate deficits in visual processing of emotions. Less is known about auditory processing of spoken-emotions, as conveyed by the prosodic (tone) and semantics (words) channels. In a previous study, forensic PwS (who committed violent offenses) identified spoken-emotions and integrated the emotional information from both channels similarly to controls. However, their performance indicated larger failures of selective-attention, and lower discrimination between spoken-emotions, than controls. Given that forensic schizophrenia represents a special subgroup, the current study compared forensic and non-forensic PwS. Forty-five PwS listened to sentences conveying four basic emotions presented in semantic or prosodic channels, in different combinations. They were asked to rate how much they agreed that the sentences conveyed a predefined emotion, focusing on one channel or on the sentence as a whole. Their performance was compared to that of 21 forensic PwS (previous study). The two groups did not differ in selective-attention. However, better emotional identification and discrimination, as well as better channel integration were found for the forensic PwS. Results have several clinical implications: difficulties in spoken-emotions processing might not necessarily relate to schizophrenia; attentional deficits might not be a risk factor for aggression in schizophrenia; and forensic schizophrenia might have unique characteristics as related to spoken-emotions processing (motivation, stimulation).

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Processing of Spoken Emotions in Schizophrenia: Forensic and Non-forensic Patients Differ in Emotional Identification and Integration but Not in Selective Attention

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“…Of the 23 papers collected in our meta‐analysis, 16 presented high‐level semantic content (sentences) that may call for integration across auditory channels (semantic and prosodic). Identification of spoken emotions is especially challenging when the emotions presented by the semantics and the prosody do not match (i.e., the identification of irony, Ben‐David, van Lieshout, & Leszcz, 2011; Ben‐David et al, 2013). For example, Ben‐David, Ben‐Itzchak, et al (2020) presented stimuli like “I won the Lottery today” spoken with sad prosody, and asked participants to focus on the emotional prosodic content (in this example, sadness), while ignoring the emotional semantic content (happiness).…”

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Keep it simple: Identification of basic versus complex emotions in spoken language in individuals with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability: A meta‐analysis study

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Daily functioning involves identifying emotions in spoken language, a fundamental aspect of social interactions. To date, there is inconsistent evidence in the literature on whether individuals with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability (ASD‐without‐ID) experience difficulties in identification of spoken emotions. We conducted a meta‐analysis (literature search following the PRISMA guidelines), with 26 data sets (taken from 23 peer‐reviewed journal articles) comparing individuals with ASD‐without‐ID (N = 614) and typically‐developed (TD) controls (N = 640), from nine countries and in seven languages (published until February 2020). In our analyses there was no sufficient evidence to suggest that individuals with HF‐ASD differ from matched controls in the identification of simple prosodic emotions (e.g., sadness, happiness). However, individuals with ASD‐without‐ID were found to perform significantly worse than controls in identification of complex prosodic emotions (e.g., envy and boredom). The level of the semantic content of the stimuli presented (e.g., sentences vs. strings of digits) was not found to have an impact on the results. In conclusion, the difference in findings between simple and complex emotions calls for a new‐look on emotion processing in ASD‐without‐ID. Intervention programs may rely on the intact abilities of individuals with ASD‐without‐ID to process simple emotions and target improved performance with complex emotions. Lay summary Individuals with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability (ASD‐without‐ID) do not differ from matched controls in the identification of simple prosodic emotions (e.g., sadness, happiness). However, they were found to perform significantly worse than controls in the identification of complex prosodic emotions (e.g., envy, boredom). This was found in a meta‐analysis of 26 data sets with 1254 participants from nine countries and in seven languages. Intervention programs may rely on the intact abilities of individuals with ASD‐without‐ID to process simple emotions.

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“…Low-pass filtering preserved frequencies below 500 Hz and attenuated higher frequencies, which made the verbal content unintelligible while retaining cues to emotion such as intonation, speech rate, and speech rhythm (Ben-David et al, 2013). The stimuli were presented at approximately 65 dB SPL.…”

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Child implant users' imitation of happy- and sad-sounding speech

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Cochlear implants have enabled many congenitally or prelingually deaf children to acquire their native language and communicate successfully on the basis of electrical rather than acoustic input. Nevertheless, degraded spectral input provided by the device reduces the ability to perceive emotion in speech. We compared the vocal imitations of 5- to 7-year-old deaf children who were highly successful bilateral implant users with those of a control sample of children who had normal hearing. First, the children imitated several happy and sad sentences produced by a child model. When adults in Experiment 1 rated the similarity of imitated to model utterances, ratings were significantly higher for the hearing children. Both hearing and deaf children produced poorer imitations of happy than sad utterances because of difficulty matching the greater pitch modulation of the happy versions. When adults in Experiment 2 rated electronically filtered versions of the utterances, which obscured the verbal content, ratings of happy and sad utterances were significantly differentiated for deaf as well as hearing children. The ratings of deaf children, however, were significantly less differentiated. Although deaf children's utterances exhibited culturally typical pitch modulation, their pitch modulation was reduced relative to that of hearing children. One practical implication is that therapeutic interventions for deaf children could expand their focus on suprasegmental aspects of speech perception and production, especially intonation patterns.

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A resource of validated digital audio recordings to assess identification of emotion in spoken language after a brain injury

Cited by 19 publications

References 5 publications

Processing of Spoken Emotions in Schizophrenia: Forensic and Non-forensic Patients Differ in Emotional Identification and Integration but Not in Selective Attention

Processing of Spoken Emotions in Schizophrenia: Forensic and Non-forensic Patients Differ in Emotional Identification and Integration but Not in Selective Attention

Keep it simple: Identification of basic versus complex emotions in spoken language in individuals with autism spectrum disorder without intellectual disability: A meta‐analysis study

Child implant users' imitation of happy- and sad-sounding speech

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