1. Universality and Cultural Specificity in the Emotion Perception from Touch
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Oya R and Tanaka A
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Emotion perception ,Psychology ,Universality (dynamical systems) ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
Can people communicate distinct emotions by touch? Previous studies in Western cultures have indicated that certain emotions could be perceived above the chance level when an encoder conveys emotions by touching a decoder's arm. However, the perception of emotions from touch has not been investigated in Japan, where it is uncommon to use touch as a method of daily communication. Therefore, we conducted an experiment with Japanese participants, which was nearly identical to previous studies with non-Japanese people. Results indicated that anger, love, and gratitude were categorized above chance, and fear, disgust, surprise, envy, and sympathy could also be accurately recognized above chance at a less detailed level such as pleasant or unpleasant, and aroused or non-aroused. These findings suggest universality and differences between Japanese and Westerners regarding the perception of emotions by touch. Note: The original preprint had been uploaded on 17-10-2020 (https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/pg8fy). This manuscript is the same as the original preprint.
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- 2021