On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation

Drossos K, Kaliakatsos-Papakostas M, Floros A, Virtanen T. On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation. J Audio Eng Soc. 2016;64(7/8):525-532. doi:10.17743/jaes.2016.0024

@article{Drossos2016_18338,
  author = {Drossos, Konstantinos and Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos and Floros, Andreas and Virtanen, Tuomas},
  title = {{On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation}},
  journal = {Journal of the Audio Engineering Society},
  volume = {64},
  number = {7/8},
  pages = {525--532},
  year = {2016},
  month = jul,
  publisher = {Audio Engineering Society},
  doi = {10.17743/jaes.2016.0024},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0024}
}

TY  - JOUR
TI  - On the Impact of The Semantic Content of Sound Events in Emotion Elicitation
AU  - Drossos, Konstantinos
AU  - Kaliakatsos-Papakostas, Maximos
AU  - Floros, Andreas
AU  - Virtanen, Tuomas
T2  - Journal of the Audio Engineering Society
J2  - J. Audio Eng. Soc.
VL  - 64
IS  - 7/8
SP  - 525
EP  - 532
PY  - 2016
DA  - 2016/07/06
DO  - 10.17743/jaes.2016.0024
UR  - https://doi.org/10.17743/jaes.2016.0024
PB  - Audio Engineering Society
LA  - en
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.
ER  -