ReCANVo: A database of real-world communicative and affective nonverbal vocalizations.

ABSTRACT: Nonverbal vocalizations, such as sighs, grunts, and yells, are informative expressions within typical verbal speech. Likewise, individuals who produce 0-10 spoken words or word approximations ("minimally speaking" individuals) convey rich affective and communicative information through nonverbal vocalizations even without verbal speech. Yet, despite their rich content, little to no data exists on the vocal expressions of this population. Here, we present ReCANVo: Real-World Communicative and Affective Nonverbal Vocalizations - a novel dataset of non-speech vocalizations labeled by function from minimally speaking individuals. The ReCANVo database contains over 7000 vocalizations spanning communicative and affective functions from eight minimally speaking individuals, along with communicati

SUBMITTER: Johnson KT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10404278 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature