Auditory Emotional Prosody Perception Using Pseudo-Speech Stimuli in Native and Non-Native Listeners.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess emotional recognition ability using corpora of emotions conveyed through nonlinguistic pseudo-sentences in native and non-native listeners (Turkish and English).

Methods

A cross-sectional design was employed, including a total of 60 young adults (aged 18-25 years). Of these, 30 were American English-speaking participants with no knowledge of Turkish, while the remaining 30 were age-, sex-, and education-matched Turkish participants. Emotional recognition scores and reaction times were assessed following audiological measurements using a one-interval, five-alternative forced choice method. A hundred stimuli recorded by Turkish speakers were presented, including 5 emotions × 2 speakers × 10 pseudo-sentences. The emotions tested were "neutral," "happy," "ang

SUBMITTER: Gurses E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11975632 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature