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Published on: March 15, 2019
Cross-cultural similarity and cultural specificity in the emotion perception from touch
1Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Tokyo Woman's Christian University.
Abstract:
Can people communicate distinct emotions by touch? Previous studies in the United States 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 nonaroused. These findings suggest cross-cultural similarities and differences between Japanese and American regarding the perception of emotions by touch. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved).
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