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Table 1 Item statistics: Mean (M) and Standard error of the mean (SE) of duration, pitch, intensity, valence ratings, dominance ratings and arousal ratings of standard stimuli in the different emotional prosodies spoken by the two different voices

From: Is the processing of affective prosody influenced by spatial attention? an ERP study

Emotional prosody

Duration (ms)

Pitch (Hz)

Intensity * (dB)

 

M

SE

M

SE

M

SE

neutral

632

35

176

3.78

62.31

0.01

happy

575

57

271

17.45

62.25

0.001

threatening

602

56

244

8.78

62.15

0.19

fearful

518

44

252

11.24

62.25

0.02

Emotional Prosody

Valence rating (1–7)

Dominance rating (1–7)

Arousal rating (1–7)

 

M

SE

M

SE

M

SE

neutral

4.77

0.27

4.29

0.13

4.59

0.43

happy

5.37

0.08

4.56

0.12

4.84

0.32

threatening

1.92

0.13

6.30

0.07

4.81

0.38

fearful

2.76

0.14

2.23

0.14

4.63

0.21

  1. * Intensity refers to the degree of energy which is present in a given sound wave. It is directly proportional to amplitude, or, more precisely, it is directly proportional to the squared amplitude (definition Praat, Help menu, http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/).