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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Emotion. 2011 Oct;11(5):1124–1133. doi: 10.1037/a0024173

Table 4.

Means, Standard Deviations and AVOVA results for Five Sound Types

Sound Type
Fuss Whine Cry Yell Scream F(4,1294 np2
Duration 046wcys (.39) 1.38 fcys (1.00) 1.87fw (1.22) 1.64fw (.84) 1.66fw (.65) 83.17*** 0.21

Energy 0.000cys (.001) 0.002cys (.004) 0.006fwys (.007) 0.017 fwcs (.015) 0.034fwcy (.021) 355.28*** 0.52

Harmonicity 5.89wcys (9.04) 12.50 fcys (10.01) 13.44fws (6.83) 14.51fws (4.39) 6.66fwcy (4.16) 39.66*** 0.22

Peak Freq 609.59wcys (220.19) 693.74fcys (233.70) 858.00fwys (291.40) 1028.95 fwcs (325.46) 1296.67 fwcy (449.12) 139.39*** 0.30

Mean F0 361.92cy (86.59) 376.10cy (55.28) 397.43fwys (51.97) 426.22 fwcs (51.23) 377.60cy (65.49) 26.18*** 0.07

SD of F0 50.75wcys (35.23) 61.40fcys (28.91) 72.44fws (26.42) 79.11fws (27.33) 102.16fwcy (30.57) 55.91*** 0.15

Band1 0.35wcys (.28) 0.28fcys (.27) 0.12fws (.13) 0.08fw (.09) 0.02fwc (.03) 66.90*** 0.17

Band2 0.56ys (.26) 0.57ys (.26) 0.61ys (.23) 0.40fwcs (.24) 0.22fwcy (.22) 48.10*** 0.13

Band3 0.05wcys (.09) 0.09fcys (.14) 0.13fwys (.16) 0.35fwc (.22) 0.35fwc (.18) 141.20*** 0.30

Band4 0.02cys (.04) 0.03ys (.05) 0.05fys (.07) 0.08fwcs (.10) 0.20fwcy (.17) 116.55*** 0.27

Band5 0.02cys (.03) 0.02cys (.03) 0.06fws (.07) 0.06fws (.06) 0.11fwcy (.10) 78.60*** 0.20
***

p<.001

Note. See Table 3 for basic definitions of these acoustic features. Superscripts next to a mean indicate which other groups are significantly different from the given mean.