Jax Skye, PhD
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Research Project

Low-Level Acoustic Feature Perception in Emotional Speech

Emotional prosodic context modulates sensitivity to pitch and loudness; individual differences vary with subclinical psychopathology traits

Aims

Project in progress

  • Identify differences in pitch and loudness perception across three emotional states of the speaker: happy, angry, and neutral
  • Explore the relationship between pitch and loudness sensitivity and socially relevant psychopathology traits in a nonclinical population

Description & Main Findings

Project in progress

Tools & Methods

  • Psychoacoustic sensitivity
  • Autism Quotient (AQ)
  • Social Responsiveness Scale–II (SRS)
  • Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale (LSAS)
  • 3-Interval Forced-Choice Oddball Paradigm
  • Repeated-Measures ANOVA
  • Linear Mixed Effects Models
  • Speech Quilting
  • R
  • Python
  • JASP
  • Prolific
  • Qualtrics
  • REDCap

Deliverables

Analyses complete, manuscript in preparation (projected submission Spring 2026). Presented at lab morning meeting, March 2026.

Low-level acoustic feature perception differs across affective prosody Manuscript in preparation · 2026
Low-level acoustic feature perception differs across affective prosody Cognitive Neuroscience Society · Toronto · 2024 Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion · Madison · 2024