Published in PLOS Biology · View the paper (DOI)
A study published in PLOS Biology found that human screams communicate multiple emotions beyond fear, including pain, anger, fear, pleasure, sadness, and joy. Researchers used four experiments to investigate the acoustic diversity of scream calls and found that listeners responded more quickly and accurately to non-alarm screams.
Coverage from 2 institutions
- Human screams communicate at least six emotions PLOS · Apr 13, 2021 · first to report
- Joyful screams perceived more strongly than screams of fear or anger University of Zurich · Apr 13, 2021