We are currently working on a project examining the vocal cues associated with happiness and anger in individuals with and without depression. We have also found age-related differences in the production of vocal emotions, such that adolescents’ portrayals of different emotional expressions were less acoustically distinct than those produced by adults.
Morningstar, M., Dirks, M.A., & Huang, S. (2017). Vocal Cues Underlying Youth and Adult Portrayals of Socio-Emotional Expressions. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 41(2), 155-183. doi: 10.1007/s10919-017-0250-7
Morningstar, M., Garcia, D., Dirks, M.A., & Bagner, D.M. (2019). Changes in parental prosody mediate effect of parent-training intervention on child language outcomes. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 87(3), 313-318. doi: 10.1037/ccp0000375
