Putting salient vocalizations in context : adults' physiological arousal to emotive cues in domestic and external environments
Salient vocalizations are automatically processed and distinguished from emotionally irrelevant information. However, little is known of how contextual, gender and attentional variables interact to modulate physiological responses to salient emotive vocalizations. In this study, electrocardiogram (E...
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sg-ntu-dr.10356-888292021-01-18T04:50:16Z Putting salient vocalizations in context : adults' physiological arousal to emotive cues in domestic and external environments Azhari, Atiqah Truzzi, Anna Rigo, Paola Bornstein, Marc H. Esposito, Gianluca School of Humanities and Social Sciences Infant Cry DRNTU::Social sciences::Psychology Salient Vocalization Salient vocalizations are automatically processed and distinguished from emotionally irrelevant information. However, little is known of how contextual, gender and attentional variables interact to modulate physiological responses to salient emotive vocalizations. In this study, electrocardiogram (ECG) was utilized to investigate differences in peripheral nervous activity of men and women to infant cry (IC), infant laughter (IL) and adult cry (AC) in two different situational contexts: the domestic environment (DE) and the outside environment (OE). As the mental state of listeners can affect their response to vocalizations, a between-subject design was applied: one group was instructed to imagine being inside the scenes (Task 1: explicit task), and the other group was told to look at the scenes (Task 2: implicit task). Results revealed that females exhibited lower inter-beat interval (IBI) index in the OE condition, as compared to both males in OE and females in DE conditions, suggesting greater physiological arousal amongst females in response to vocalizations in an outside environment. Additionally, Task 1 revealed that males demonstrated higher Low Frequency/High Frequency (LFHF) index towards AC than IL. Task 2 showed the same association between these two sounds in females. The implicit task also elicited lower LFHF index in response to both IL and IC than control sound (CS), only amongst females. Findings highlight the important roles that contextual information and cognitive demand play in regulating physiological responses to salient emotive vocalizations. Integrated perspectives of physiological responses to emotive vocalizations that consider the influence of internal (adult mental states) and external (environment) contextual information will provide a better understanding of mechanisms underlying emotional processing of salient social cues. Accepted version 2018-09-10T04:37:17Z 2019-12-06T17:11:45Z 2018-09-10T04:37:17Z 2019-12-06T17:11:45Z 2018 Journal Article Azhari, A., Truzzi, A., Rigo, P., Bornstein, M. H., & Esposito, G. (2018). Putting salient vocalizations in context : adults' physiological arousal to emotive cues in domestic and external environments. Physiology & Behavior, 196, 25-32. doi:10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.010 0031-9384 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/88829 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/45903 10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.010 en Physiology & Behavior https://doi.org/10.21979/N9/UUK7XY © 2018 Elsevier Inc. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Physiology & Behavior, Elsevier Inc. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physbeh.2018.08.010]. 13 p. application/pdf |
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Salient vocalizations are automatically processed and distinguished from emotionally irrelevant information. However, little is known of how contextual, gender and attentional variables interact to modulate physiological responses to salient emotive vocalizations. In this study, electrocardiogram (ECG) was utilized to investigate differences in peripheral nervous activity of men and women to infant cry (IC), infant laughter (IL) and adult cry (AC) in two different situational contexts: the domestic environment (DE) and the outside environment (OE). As the mental state of listeners can affect their response to vocalizations, a between-subject design was applied: one group was instructed to imagine being inside the scenes (Task 1: explicit task), and the other group was told to look at the scenes (Task 2: implicit task). Results revealed that females exhibited lower inter-beat interval (IBI) index in the OE condition, as compared to both males in OE and females in DE conditions, suggesting greater physiological arousal amongst females in response to vocalizations in an outside environment. Additionally, Task 1 revealed that males demonstrated higher Low Frequency/High Frequency (LFHF) index towards AC than IL. Task 2 showed the same association between these two sounds in females. The implicit task also elicited lower LFHF index in response to both IL and IC than control sound (CS), only amongst females. Findings highlight the important roles that contextual information and cognitive demand play in regulating physiological responses to salient emotive vocalizations. Integrated perspectives of physiological responses to emotive vocalizations that consider the influence of internal (adult mental states) and external (environment) contextual information will provide a better understanding of mechanisms underlying emotional processing of salient social cues. |
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