APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Sensitivity to Emotional Prososdy Is Influenced By Sex and Musical Aptitude
- Jeffrey Greenspon
Hobart & William Smith Colleges - Henderson Abigail
William Smith College - Buckley Alexandria
William Smith College
Abstract
Acoustic features of music and speech convey emotion in similar ways. Do music and language have common origins and overlapping functions? If so then a high capacity for processing music would result in increased processing of emotion in speech. We found Musical Aptitude facilitated female perception of emotion in speech.
Cognitive Neuroscience
