A Comparison between a remote testing and a laboratory test setting for evaluating emotional responses to non-speech sounds

Picou, Erin M.; Singh, Gurjit; Russo, Frank A.

doi:10.1080/14992027.2021.2007422

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“…While we did exclude participants with self-reported severe hearing difficulty, low-grade impairments may have been present. However, we do not believe it likely such impairments played a major role in the positivity effect observed: First, it has been shown that those with hearing loss perceive pleasant sounds as less pleasant than those without (Picou et al, 2022). Therefore, if anything, the positivity may be attenuated if individuals with hearing loss participated.…”

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“…Therefore, if anything, the positivity may be attenuated if individuals with hearing loss participated. Moreover, the difference between those with and without hearing loss was found to be reduced in an online setting versus a laboratory setting (Picou et al, 2022). Finally, the age “positivity bias” is present across modalities (Reed et al, 2014), thus, it appears unlikely that it is attributable to a single sensory impairment.…”

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“…Two, as we could not control the listening situation, background noises and other distractions may have affected results. However, while valence ratings made by individuals without self‐reported hearing loss are less extreme when made online compared to when made offline, the overall pattern should not be affected (Picou et al, 2022). Finally, it should be noted that the analyses of individual differences need to be interpreted with caution as lacking power or range restriction may affect results.…”

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Emotional valence perception in music and subjective arousal: Experimental validation of stimuli

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Rodriguez

2023

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Musical stimuli are widely used in emotion research and intervention studies. However, reviews have repeatedly noted that a lack of pre‐evaluated musical stimuli is stalling progress in our understanding of specific effects of varying music. Musical stimuli vary along a plethora of dimensions. Of particular interest are emotional valence and tempo. Thus, we aimed to evaluate the emotional valence of a set of slow and fast musical stimuli. N = 102 (mean age: 39.95, SD: 13.60, 61% female) participants rated the perceived emotional valence in 20 fast (>110 beats per minute [bmp]) and 20 slow (<90 bpm) stimuli. Moreover, we collected reports on subjective arousal for each stimulus to explore arousal's association with tempo and valence. Finally, participants completed questionnaires on demographics, mood (profile of mood states), personality (10‐item personality index), musical sophistication (Gold‐music sophistication index), and sound preferences and hearing habits (sound preference and hearing habits questionnaire). Using mixed‐effect model estimates, we identified 19 stimuli that participants rated to have positive valence and 16 stimuli that they rated to have negative valence. Higher age predicted more positive valence ratings across stimuli. Higher tempo and more extreme valence ratings were each associated with higher arousal. Higher educational attainment was also associated with higher arousal reports. Pre‐evaluated stimuli can be used in future musical research.

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Emotional valence perception in music and subjective arousal: Experimental validation of stimuli

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Rodriguez

2023

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Effect of Sound Genre on Emotional Responses for Adults With and Without Hearing Loss

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Rakita,

Picou

2024

Ear &Amp; Hearing

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Objectives: Adults with permanent hearing loss exhibit a reduced range of valence ratings in response to nonspeech sounds; however, the degree to which sound genre might affect such ratings is unclear. The purpose of this study was to determine if ratings of valence covary with sound genre (e.g., social communication, technology, music), or only expected valence (pleasant, neutral, unpleasant). Design: As part of larger study protocols, participants rated valence and arousal in response to nonspeech sounds. For this study, data were reanalyzed by assigning sounds to unidimensional genres and evaluating relationships between hearing loss, age, and gender and ratings of valence. In total, results from 120 adults with normal hearing (M = 46.3 years, SD = 17.7, 33 males and 87 females) and 74 adults with hearing loss (M = 66.1 years, SD = 6.1, 46 males and 28 females) were included. Results: Principal component analysis confirmed valence ratings loaded onto eight unidimensional factors: positive and negative social communication, positive and negative technology, music, animal, activities, and human body noises. Regression analysis revealed listeners with hearing loss rated some genres as less extreme (less pleasant/less unpleasant) than peers with better hearing, with the relationship between hearing loss and valence ratings being similar across genres within an expected valence category. In terms of demographic factors, female gender was associated with less pleasant ratings of negative social communication, positive and negative technology, activities, and human body noises, while increasing age was related to a subtle rise in valence ratings across all genres. Conclusions: Taken together, these results confirm and extend previous findings that hearing loss is related to a reduced range of valence ratings and suggest that this effect is mediated by expected sound valence, rather than sound genre.

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A Comparison between a remote testing and a laboratory test setting for evaluating emotional responses to non-speech sounds

Cited by 2 publications

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Emotional valence perception in music and subjective arousal: Experimental validation of stimuli

Emotional valence perception in music and subjective arousal: Experimental validation of stimuli

Effect of Sound Genre on Emotional Responses for Adults With and Without Hearing Loss

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