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Table 2 Item statistics: Mean (M) and Standard error of the mean (SE) of duration, pitch, intensity, valence ratings, dominance ratings and arousal ratings of deviant 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

731

60

186

2.69

62.21

0.01

happy

490

42

363

14.57

62.36

0.01

threatening

721

96

297

10.14

62.30

0.03

fearful

426

44

312

14

62.51

0.06

Emotional Prosody

Valence rating (1–7)

Dominance rating (1–7)

Arousal rating (1–7)

 

M

SE

M

SE

M

SE

neutral

4.83

0.51

4.50

0.15

3.98

0.50

happy

5.17

0.09

4.43

0.17

5.06

0.43

threatening

1.74

0.15

6.51

0.10

5.53

0.10

fearful

2.60

0.14

1.97

0.12

4.56

0.18

  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/).