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Communication of emotions

Explore how emotion is communicated through different channels, including swearing, music, and touch. Discuss the impact of these communication methods on interpersonal relationships and emotional experiences.

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Communication of emotions

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  1. Communication of emotions Week 9

  2. Today’s questions • Is emotion merely an intrapersonal phenomenon? • Can emotion be an interpersonal phenomenon?

  3. Communication channels • Facial expressions (3 Nov: Mona Lisa discussion) • Today’s class will focus on other sensory modalities that communicate emotion

  4. Class exercise • Form 4 groups. • In your groups, list down all the swear words, in all languages • Write them on the board

  5. Swearing • Euphemisms • Fish, shoot instead of ____, ____ • Classes of swear words • Sexual e.g., _____ • Religion e.g., _____ • Animals e.g., _____ • Disgusting stuff e.g., _____ • Deviants e.g., “retarded” Jay. (2009). The utility and ubiquity of taboo words. PerspPsych Sci.

  6. How often do people use swear words? • Estimates range from 0.3% to 0.7% of words people use • F: 16,215 words per day • M: 15,669words per day 0.003 x 15669 >47

  7. Swearing as emotion signals • Swearing is like using the horn on your car • Same horn sound, different signals • What emotions? • Context-dependent: anger, frustration, joy, surprise Jay. (2009). The utility and ubiquity of taboo words. PerspPsych Sci.

  8. How to use the f-word? • Anger • Frustration • Joy • Surprise • F*** you; f*** off • F***ed up • F***ing good • What the f***?

  9. So what if you say “f*** you”? The original study Study yet-to-be-done • Swearing should make people feel morally impure (“dirty”)  ___________________ Mouthwash Vs. Handsanitizer? Lee & Schwarz (2010). Embodiment of the moral purity metaphor is specific to the motor modality involved in moral transgression. Psy Sci.

  10. Writing Commonsense • Happy people tend to write happy stuff • Sad people tend to write about sad stuff ---------------------------------------------------------------- We know whatthey write about. But howdo they write about whatthey write?

  11. Pronouns as emotional linguistic markers • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGsQwAu3PzU Pennbaker. (2011). Secret life of pronouns.

  12. Music My wife!

  13. Music • Music is commonly used to induce emotions • Listen to these three clips • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-dYNttdgl0 • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMbvcp480Y4 • Q: Why are lyric-less music used to induce emotions? Juslin& Vastfall. (2008). Emotional responses to music: The need to consider underlying mechanisms. Brain Beh Sci.

  14. Benjamin Zander • TED talk: The transformative power of classical music (first 15 mins) • https://www.ted.com/talks/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion?language=en • Hear his Chopin’s Prelude in E-minor.

  15. Beyond classical music • Film music – my favorite • Forrest Gump • Jurassic Park • Lord of the Rings • Pirates of the Caribbean • Note: I have not seen film music being used used in experiments

  16. What makes music sound happy or sad? Laypeople • Major, minor key • Tempo Experts • Articulation • Phrasing • Pressure (loud/soft)

  17. What about Indian classical music? I don’t know! What do you think?

  18. But does music cause emotions? Yes Well… Listeners confuse the emotions expressed in the music with their own emotions Demand characteristics • Isn’t it obvious? • Surely psychophysiological measurements can’t lie? • Brain areas are activated (same as in seeing visual emotional stimuli) • Facial EMG

  19. What emotions do music induce? • Happiness, calm, nostalgia, love, sadness, interest, hope, excitement, and longing • Does the above challenge appraisal theories of emotion? My challenge to you • Find me a music that sounds jealous Juslin(2009). Emotional responses to music. In Handbook of music psychology: Oxford University Press.

  20. Somatosensation • Touch is used to maintain and reinforce social structures (e.g., allogrooming)

  21. Humans • Promotes mother–infant bonding • Relationship satisfaction in adult romantic couples Hertenstein (2002). Touch: Its communicative functions in infancy. Hum Dev.

  22. Somatosensation • Can emotions be conveyed through touch? • Can emotions be decoded by touch? Hertenstein (2006). Touch communicates distinct emotions. Emotion.

  23. Receiver guesses one emotion from the list Sender sends one randomly selected emotion Emotions tested: anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise, sympathy, embarrassment, love, envy, pride, and gratitude Hertenstein (2006). Touch communicates distinct emotions. Emotion.

  24. Decoding accuracy Sig. accurate decoding Tactile behavior (by coders) squeezing, stroking, rubbing, pushing, pulling, pressing, patting, tapping, shaking, pinching, trembling, poking, hitting, scratching, massaging, tickling, slapping, lifting, picking, finger interlocking, swinging, and tossing • Anger • Fear • Sympathy • Disgust • Love • Gratitude • Sympathy Hertenstein (2006). Touch communicates distinct emotions. Emotion.

  25. So…where do people want to be touched? Color the bodily regions where each individual would be allowed to touch you • Romantic partner • Friend (same sex & opp sex) • Mother, Father • Sister, Brother • Aunt, Uncle • Cousin • Acquaintance • Stranger You will not be asked to share your results.

  26. Real results Finland, France, Italy, Russia, and UK r(area, emotional bond) 0.73 Suvilehtoa et al. (2011). Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci.

  27. Gender difference in “allowability” Red and blue bars indicate female and male touchers, respectively. (I’m not sure what the x-axis is, but it probably refers to r.) Suvilehtoa et al. (2011). Topography of social touching depends on emotional bonds between humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci.

  28. What would you expect in India?

  29. Olfaction Armpit pads sealed in bag 10 male sweat donor De Groot et al (2012). Chemosignals communicate human emotions. Psy Sci.

  30. Olfaction 36 female participants, facial EMG  Smells channeled to nose Results? ______________ ______________ ______________ Visual search task (facial expression coded)

  31. Only fear and disgust? • Happy vs. neutral movies were used. • Procedures were the same • Women exposed to happy sweat showed a more global focus  De Groot et al (2015). A sniff of happiness. Psy Sci.

  32. Can humans taste emotions? • Kissing is the closest you can get to people naturally “tasting” emotions influenza, herpes simplex virus meningococcal meningitis.

  33. Here’s a surprising proposition • M/F prefer kissing before sex • Function: _________________ • M/F prefer kissing after sex • Function: _________________ • Humans probably cannot taste emotions, but they can judge if someone has high pathogen load or not (disgust regulation) • Kissing as “mate assessment” tool Wlodarski & Dunbar (2015). What’s in a kiss? The effect of romantic kissing on mate desirability. EvolPsyc.

  34. Something to ponder about Emotions exist within the individual. Isn’t that sufficient? Why would people want to or need to communicate their emotions to others?

  35. Take home messages • Humans have many ways to communicate emotions • Some are obvious (facial expressions) • Some are unobvious (e.g., pronouns, armpit smells, etc.)

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