The neural basis of cultural differences in emotion perception from facial and vocal expressions.

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24680030
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Cognitive science
• Research Institution: Tokyo Woman's Christian University
• Principal Investigator: Tanaka Akihiro 東京女子大学, 現代教養学部, 准教授 (80396530)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 視聴覚情動認知 / 文化差 / 脳計測

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Our previous study found that emotion perception from face and voice is modulated by observers’ cultural background. The current study further investigated the mechanism which yields cultural differences in emotion perception. Results suggest that (1) vocal superiority in Japanese can be partly explained by the accuracy of unisensory emotion perception from voice, (2) cultural differences in audiovisual processing emerge at higher levels such as speech perception and emotion perception than temporal binding process, (3) at the neural level, fusiform face area may modulate cultural differences in multisensory emotion perception.

Free Research Field

認知心理学