SRF301 - Subcortical Neural Representation of Emotion Detection and Processing

Friday, April 1, 2022

1:45 PM – 2:00 PM CT

Location: 127

Lead Presenter(s)

Cita Bianca Alcala, B.A.

Student Researcher
University of the Pacific
San Francisco, California

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Presenter(s)

Kristan Fimbres, BS

University of the Pacific

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Contributor(s)

JH

Jiong Hu

Assistant Professor
University of the Pacific
San Francisco, California

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Abstract: Voice pitches in words and sentences convey emotional cues which are important for speech perception. The purpose of this study was to examine how emotional cues, represented by different changes in voice pitch contours conveying different emotions are detected and processed at the brainstem level. Twelve normal hearing adults were recruited for a frequency following response (FFR) study in which the subject’s responses were recorded and assessed for any significant changes or variabilities between three stimuli with different emotional cues.

Learning Objectives:

Define how changes in emotional cues as conveyed in changes in pitch contours are detected and processed at the subcortical level.