dc.contributor.author
Aryani, Arash
dc.contributor.author
Hsu, Chun-Ting
dc.contributor.author
Jacobs, Arthur M.
dc.date.accessioned
2018-07-16T08:56:50Z
dc.date.available
2018-07-16T08:56:50Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/22471
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-278
dc.description.abstract
The long history of poetry and the arts, as well as recent empirical results suggest that the way a word sounds (e.g., soft vs. harsh) can convey affective information related to emotional responses (e.g., pleasantness vs. harshness). However, the neural correlates of the affective potential of the sound of words remain unknown. In an fMRI study involving passive listening, we focused on the affective dimension of arousal and presented words organized in two discrete groups of sublexical (i.e., sound) arousal (high vs. low), while controlling for lexical (i.e., semantic) arousal. Words sounding high arousing, compared to their low arousing counterparts, resulted in an enhanced BOLD signal in bilateral posterior insula, the right auditory and premotor cortex, and the right supramarginal gyrus. This finding provides first evidence on the neural correlates of affectivity in the sound of words. Given the similarity of this neural network to that of nonverbal emotional expressions and affective prosody, our results support a unifying view that suggests a core neural network underlying any type of affective sound processing.
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dc.format.extent
10 Seiten
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dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
de_DE
dc.subject
affective sound
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dc.subject
affective potential of sound
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dc.subject
sound-meaning
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dc.subject
phonoaesthetics
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dc.subject
sublexical arousal
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dc.subject
unifying neural network
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dc.subject
neurocognitive poetics
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dc.subject.ddc
400 Sprache::400 Sprache::400 Sprache
de_DE
dc.title
The Sound of Words Evokes Affective Brain Responses
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dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
de_DE
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.articlenumber
94
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.3390/brainsci8060094
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Brain Sciences
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
8
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci8060094
de_DE
refubium.affiliation
Erziehungswissenschaft und Psychologie
de_DE
refubium.affiliation.other
Arbeitsbereich Allgemeine und Neurokognitive Psychologie
de_DE
refubium.funding
Institutional Participation
refubium.funding.id
MDPI
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
de_DE
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.issn
2076-3425