Allgood, Rebecca and Heaton, Pam F.. 2015. Developmental change and cross-domain links in vocal and musical emotion recognition performance in childhood. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33(3), pp. 398-403. ISSN 0261-510X [Article]

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Although the configurations of psychoacoustic cues signalling emotions in human vocalizations and instrumental music are very similar, cross-domain links in recognition performance have yet to be studied developmentally. Two hundred and twenty 5- to 10-year-old children were asked to identify musical excerpts and vocalizations as happy, sad, or fearful. The results revealed age-related increases in overall recognition performance with significant correlations across vocal and musical conditions at all developmental stages. Recognition scores were greater for musical than vocal stimuli and were superior in females compared with males. These results confirm that recognition of emotions in vocal and musical stimuli is linked by 5 years and that sensitivity to emotions in auditory stimuli is influenced by age and gender.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12097
Keywords:	music, vocalisations, age, gender
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Psychology
Dates:	Date Event 19 February 2015 Submitted 13 May 2015 Accepted 17 June 2015 Published Online 1 September 2015 Published
Item ID:	19739
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2017 15:45
Last Modified:	31 Mar 2020 11:41
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/19739

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