Horstmann Gernot
Psychology Department, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany.
Q J Exp Psychol (Hove). 2010 Nov;63(11):2239-50. doi: 10.1080/17470211003687538. Epub 2010 Apr 29.
Three experiments examine multimodal integration of tone pitch (high/low), facial expression stimuli (happy/angry), and responses (happy/angry) in a compatibility paradigm. When the participants' task is to imitate facial expressions (Experiment 1), smiles are facilitated by high tones whereas frowns are facilitated by low tones. Experiments 2 and 3 further analyse this effect and show that there is both integration between the tone stimulus and the facial stimulus and between the tone stimulus and the facial response. Results suggest that pitch height is associated with emotion. An interpretation in terms of an embodied cognition approach that emphasizes an interweavement of perception and action is discussed.
三项实验在一个兼容性范式中检验了音调高低（高/低）、面部表情刺激（开心/愤怒）以及反应（开心/愤怒）的多模态整合。当参与者的任务是模仿面部表情时（实验1），高音调促进微笑，而低音调促进皱眉。实验2和实验3进一步分析了这种效应，并表明在音调刺激与面部刺激之间以及音调刺激与面部反应之间都存在整合。结果表明音高与情绪有关。本文还讨论了一种基于具身认知方法的解释，该方法强调感知与行动的交织。
