Re: [AUDITORY] Emotions vocalisations database

Subject: Re: [AUDITORY] Emotions vocalisations database

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Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 11:34:03 +0000

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Thread-topic: Emotions vocalisations database

The stimulus set of non verbal emotional vocalizations that are reported in this paper, Sauter et al, 2010, QJEP (https://pure.mpg.de/rest/items/item_1169646/component/file_1169645/content), and some of which are cross culturally recognised (Sauter et al, PNAS 2010) are available if you email me directly.

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Sophie

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From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Uther, Maria <M.Uther@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: 23 February 2026 11:03
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Subject: Emotions vocalisations database

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Hello all,

I am in need of a set of freely available emotions vocalisations for a study I am doing on detecting emotions in the human voice.

I am aware of the Montreal Affective Voices. I am also aware of the International Affective Digitized Sounds (IADS-E) database.

Is there any reason to choose one over the other or anybody have any other suggestions?

Thanks in advance,

Maria

Professor Maria Uther, C.Psychol., CSci., AFBPsS

Honorary Professor

University of Wolverhampton