The Sound of Emotional Prosody: Nearly 3 Decades of Research and Future Directions

P Larrouy-Maestri, D Poeppel… - Perspectives on …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Emotional voices attract considerable attention. A search on any browser using “emotional
prosody” as a key phrase leads to more than a million entries. Such interest is evident in the …

[HTML][HTML] A method for improving bot effectiveness by recognising implicit customer intent in contact centre conversations

Ł Pawlik, M Płaza, S Deniziak, E Boksa - Speech Communication, 2022 - Elsevier
Contact centre systems are increasingly using intelligent voicebots and chatbots. These
solutions are constantly evolving and improving. One of the main tasks of a virtual assistant …

The evolution of voice perception

K Pisanski, GA Bryant - The oxford handbook of voice studies, 2019 - books.google.com
The human voice is a rich source of information and an important means of interpersonal
communication. Beginning with Darwin (1872), vocal communication has long interested …

Machine learning algorithms for detection and classifications of emotions in contact center applications

M Płaza, S Trusz, J Kęczkowska, E Boksa, S Sadowski… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past few years, virtual assistant solutions used in Contact Center systems are
gaining popularity. One of the main tasks of the virtual assistant is to recognize the intentions …

Prosody and semantics are separate but not separable channels in the perception of emotional speech: Test for rating of emotions in speech

BM Ben-David, N Multani, V Shakuf, F Rudzicz… - Journal of Speech …, 2016 - ASHA
Purpose Our aim is to explore the complex interplay of prosody (tone of speech) and
semantics (verbal content) in the perception of discrete emotions in speech. Method We …

Age-related differences in the perception of emotion in spoken language: The relative roles of prosody and semantics

BM Ben-David, S Gal-Rosenblum… - Journal of Speech …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose We aim to identify the possible sources for age-related differences in the perception
of emotion in speech, focusing on the distinct roles of semantics (words) and prosody (tone …

Processing emotional prosody in a foreign language: The case of German and Hebrew

V Shakuf, B Ben-David, TGG Wegner… - Journal of Cultural …, 2022 - Springer
This study investigated the universality of emotional prosody in perception of discrete
emotions when semantics is not available. In two experiments the perception of emotional …

Neural responses to interpersonal requests: Effects of imposition and vocally-expressed stance

N Vergis, X Jiang, MD Pell - Brain Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The way that speakers communicate their stance towards the listener is often vital for
understanding the interpersonal relevance of speech acts, such as basic requests. To …

Neurophysiological correlates of sexually evocative speech

S Rigoulot, X Jiang, N Vergis, MD Pell - Biological Psychology, 2020 - Elsevier
Speakers modulate their voice (prosody) to communicate non-literal meanings, such as
sexual innuendo (She inspected his package this morning, where “package” could refer to a …

Psycholinguistic methods

S Grey, KM Tagarelli - The Palgrave handbook of applied linguistics …, 2018 - Springer
Psycholinguistic methods provide insights into the mental representation of language. In the
first part of this chapter, we discuss common psycholinguistic tasks and measures together …