it has been reported previously that modulatory effects of pleasant and unpleasant slides on the human acoustic reflex are observed only if startle probes are presented to the left ear or with binaural presentation. the present study examined the effects of the left and the right ear stimulation on modulated startle reflex (as indexed by eyeblink component, measured at the right eye) employing ...

Associations of Machiavellianism (Mach) with self-report and performance emotional intelligence (EI) and with personality were examined. The possible existence of an emotional manipulation capability, not covered within current EI measures, was also examined by constructing an emotional manipulation scale. Mach was found to be negatively correlated with self-report and performance EI, and also ...

background and aim: moral psychology studies investigate cognitive and emotional systems involved in moral judgments. this research also examines the effect of emotion manipulation on reaction times to moral dilemmas. method and materials: this was a causal relational study executed on eighty five randomly selected 18-25 year old students from shahid beheshti university. to investigate moral ju...

The present study examined acoustic cue utilisation for perception of vocal emotions. Two sets of vocal-emotional stimuli were presented to 35 German and 30 American listeners: (1) sentences in German spoken with five different vocal emotions; and (2) systematically rateor pitch-altered versions of the original emotional stimuli. In addition to response frequencies on emotional categories, acti...

The Space Between Us is a performance piece for vocals, piano and live electronics using a Brain-Computer Music Interface system currently in development. The brainwaves of one performer and one audience member are measured throughout the performance and the system generates a real-time score mapped to emotional features associated with the brain signals. The system not only aims to portray emo...

The Space Between Us is a performance piece for vocals, piano and live electronics using a Brain-Computer Music Interface system currently in development. The brainwaves of one performer and one audience member are measured throughout the performance and the system generates a real-time score mapped to emotional features associated with the brain signals. The system not only aims to portray emo...