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Annett Schirmer¹, Ce-Belle Chen, April Ching

¹Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, 9 Arts Link, Block AS4, Level 2, Kent Ridge, 117570, Singapore. schirmer@nus.edu.sg

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Sad voices enhance memory for emotional content, impacting word valence. Sex differences in vocal processing and event-related potential (ERP) responses suggest a potential genetic basis, possibly linked to estrogen levels.

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Area of Science:

Neuroscience
Psychology
Cognitive Science

Background:

Previous research identified an event-related potential (ERP) marker for vocal emotional encoding.
Vocal processing differences exist between male and female listeners.

Purpose of the Study:

Investigate if the ERP vocal-encoding effect predicts memory changes for verbal interaction content.
Explore sex differences in vocal processing and their impact on memory changes.

Main Methods:

Participants heard neutral words spoken in neutral or sad voices.
A visual word recognition test assessed memory for previously heard words.
Participants rated the emotional valence of test words.

Main Results:

Sad voices elicited a greater P200 (an ERP component) during encoding compared to neutral voices.
The P200 effect predicted changes in word valence, with sad voices leading to more negative ratings.
While some results were similar across sexes, females showed a stronger P200 effect and different ERPs during retrieval.

Conclusions:

The P200 ERP component is linked to vocal emotional encoding and influences subsequent valence ratings.
Sex differences in vocal processing, particularly in the P200 effect and retrieval ERPs, were observed.
Estrogen levels may play a role in these sex differences, suggesting a potential genetic basis.