Publication Type:
Journal Article
Source:
Emotion, Volume -, p.- (In Press)
Keywords:
emotion recognition;
facial expression;
vocal expression;
multimodal recognition
Abstract:
Emotion recognition ability has been identified as a central component of emotional competence. We describe the development of an instrument to objectively measure this ability on the basis of actor portrayals of dynamic expressions of 10 emotions (two variants each for five emotion families), operationalized as recognition accuracy in four presentation modes combining the visual and auditory sense modalities (audio/video, audio only, video only, still picture). Data from a first validation study, including construct validation using related tests (PONS, JACFEE, and DANVA), are reported. The results show the utility of a test designed to measure both coarse and fine-grained emotion differentiation and modality-specific skills. Factor analysis of the data suggests two separate abilities, visual and auditory recognition, which seem to be largely independent of personality dispositions.
