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K. Drossos, M. Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, A. Floros, and T. Virtanen, "On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 64, no. 7/8, pp. 525-532, (2016 July.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0024 K. Drossos, M. Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, A. Floros, and T. Virtanen, "On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation," J. Audio Eng. Soc., vol. 64 Issue 7/8 pp. 525-532, (2016 July.). doi: https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0024
Abstract: Sound events are known to have an influence on the listener’s emotions, but the reason for this influence is less clear. Take for example the sound produced by a gun firing. Does the emotional impact arise from the fact that the listener recognizes that a gun produced the sound (semantic content) or does it arise from the attributes of the sound created by the firing gun? This research explores the relation between the semantic similarity of the sound events and the elicited emotions. Results indicate that the semantic content seems to have a limited role in the conformation of the listener’s affective states. However, when the semantic content is matched to specific areas in the Arousal-Valence space or when the source’s spatial position is considered, the effect of the semantic content is higher, especially for the cases of medium to low valence and medium to high arousal or when the sound source is at the lateral positions of the listener’s head.

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abstract={sound events are known to have an influence on the listener’s emotions, but the reason for this influence is less clear. take for example the sound produced by a gun firing. does the emotional impact arise from the fact that the listener recognizes that a gun produced the sound (semantic content) or does it arise from the attributes of the sound created by the firing gun? this research explores the relation between the semantic similarity of the sound events and the elicited emotions. results indicate that the semantic content seems to have a limited role in the conformation of the listener’s affective states. however, when the semantic content is matched to specific areas in the arousal-valence space or when the source’s spatial position is considered, the effect of the semantic content is higher, especially for the cases of medium to low valence and medium to high arousal or when the sound source is at the lateral positions of the listener’s head.},}

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TI - On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation
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AU - Drossos, Konstantinos
AU - Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos
AU - Floros, Andreas
AU - Virtanen, Tuomas
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JO - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
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TI - On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation
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AU - Drossos, Konstantinos
AU - Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos
AU - Floros, Andreas
AU - Virtanen, Tuomas
PY - 2016
JO - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
IS - 7/8
VO - 64
VL - 64
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AB - Sound events are known to have an influence on the listener’s emotions, but the reason for this influence is less clear. Take for example the sound produced by a gun firing. Does the emotional impact arise from the fact that the listener recognizes that a gun produced the sound (semantic content) or does it arise from the attributes of the sound created by the firing gun? This research explores the relation between the semantic similarity of the sound events and the elicited emotions. Results indicate that the semantic content seems to have a limited role in the conformation of the listener’s affective states. However, when the semantic content is matched to specific areas in the Arousal-Valence space or when the source’s spatial position is considered, the effect of the semantic content is higher, especially for the cases of medium to low valence and medium to high arousal or when the sound source is at the lateral positions of the listener’s head.