2.2. DATABASES Let us now start the technical discussion in this article by a brief introduction of the data sets used in the present study on arousal and valence in speech, music, and sound. The collection of emo- tional audio data for the purpose of automatic...
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What’s the line from “Liberty Valence”? –“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” Wild West myths are tenacious. Casey Tefertiller’s Wyatt Earp: the Life Behind the Legend was a NYTimes Notable Book of Year and a History Book Selection when it published in 1997 – and ...
it is not yet known why nor for whom VR stressors evoke stress. Even in reality, it is unclear why most stressors work. It may come as some surprise to laypersons and scientists alike that triggering stress is difficult in practice [14]. Stressor design amounts to an appeal to the mas...
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otherwise s/he will reject it. A second possibility is that the aesthetic preference in such a dilemma can be driven by the cognitive agent’s self-interest, an interest in changing the valence of the stimulus aspects. For example, in making aesthetic preference the cognitive agent can devalue...
All participants met the inclusion criteria of at least one year of experience in Braille reading (mean 27.6 ± 8.7 years). None of the sighted participants had experience with Braille reading. In the supplementary material, we report additional analyses comparing participants who are congenitally ...
Defining Media Effect Key Issues in Media Effects Definitions Timing Duration Valence Change Intention Level Direct and Indirect Manifestation The Definition Need to Organize Media Effects Organizing Individual-Level Media Effects Type of Effects on Individuals Cognitions Beliefs Attitudes Affect Physiological ...
Finally, income transfers in our country have always focused on the elderly, disabled, and dependent, neglecting the needs of the working poor, so that the dramatic expansion of cash and in kind transfers does not necessarily mean that those failing in the labor market are adequately protec...
The Role of Activation in Social Transmission Importantly, however, the social transmission of emo- tional content may be driven by more than just valence. In addition to being positive or negative, emotions also differ on the level of physiological arousal or activation they evoke (Smith and ...