Table 1.

Mean (SD) of discrimination accuracy for vocal expressions per age group, language and emotion.

	English				Chinese				Spanish				Arabic
	Angry	Happy	Sad	Fear	Angry	Happy	Sad	Fear	Angry	Happy	Sad	Fear	Angry	Happy	Sad	Fear
Children	0.74(0.17)	0.40(0.24)	0.60(0.15)	0.50(0.23)	0.60(0.18)	0.22(0.18)	0.54(0.20)	0.35(0.19)	0.55(0.19)	0.27(0.16)	0.11(0.18)	0.19(0.19)	0.15(0.13)	0.17(0.11)	0.33(0.19)	0.25(0.19)
Adolescents	0.74(0.16)	0.45(0.25)	0.57(0.20)	0.50(0.22)	0.58(0.13)	0.24(0.18)	0.48(0.26)	0.42(0.21)	0.46(0.22)	0.32(0.17)	0.14(0.15)	0.18(0.15)	0.16(0.13)	0.14(0.12)	0.34(0.18)	0.14(0.13)
Adults	0.87(0.10)	0.80(0.12)	0.88(0.06)	0.80(0.11)	0.66(0.10)	0.30(0.16)	0.70(0.12)	0.63(0.14)	0.53(0.16)	0.60(0.19)	0.22(0.15)	0.34(0.18)	0.16(0.12)	0.33(0.19)	0.60(0.15)	0.57(0.16)

Note 1: Accuracy: −1 = worse than chance, 0 = chance, 1 = better than chance, Note 2: Children (8–10 years), Adolescents (11–13 years), Adults (19–35 years).