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: Received: 28 September 2023 / Approved: 28 September 2023 / Online: 3 October 2023 (03:44:18 CEST)
How to cite:
Kao, C.; Zhang, Y. Developmental Changes and Sex Differences in Infants' Neural Sensitivity to Emotional Prosodies in Spoken Words. Preprints2023, 2023092021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.2021.v1
Kao, C.; Zhang, Y. Developmental Changes and Sex Differences in Infants' Neural Sensitivity to Emotional Prosodies in Spoken Words. Preprints 2023, 2023092021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.2021.v1
Kao, C.; Zhang, Y. Developmental Changes and Sex Differences in Infants' Neural Sensitivity to Emotional Prosodies in Spoken Words. Preprints2023, 2023092021. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.2021.v1
APA Style
Kao, C., & Zhang, Y. (2023). <strong>Developmental Changes and Sex Differences in Infants' Neural Sensitivity to Emotional Prosodies in Spoken Words</strong>. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.2021.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Kao, C. and Yang Zhang. 2023 "<strong>Developmental Changes and Sex Differences in Infants' Neural Sensitivity to Emotional Prosodies in Spoken Words</strong>" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.2021.v1
Abstract
This study examined infants' neural responses to emotional prosody in natural speech. A multi-feature oddball paradigm was used with 34 3~11 month-old infants. Results showed distinct early (100-200 ms) and late (300-500 ms) mismatch responses to different emotional prosodies. Older infants had more negative early responses with happy and angry prosodies evoking stronger responses compared to sad prosody while younger infants showed a clearer distinction between angry and sad prosodies. In the late time window, angry prosody elicited more negative responses than sad prosody with younger infants showing more distinct responses between these two prosodies. Males exhibited stronger early mismatch responses than females. These findings call for further research on the implications for socio-emotional and language development.
Keywords
emotional prosody; mismatch response; sex differences; infancy
Subject
Social Sciences, Psychology
Copyright:
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