Look who's talking: visual detection of speech from whole-body biological motion cues during emotive interpersonal conversation

Perception. 2009;38(1):153-6. doi: 10.1068/p6279.

Abstract

Biological motion stimuli contain a great deal of information about the person and action depicted. Here, we extend the known range by showing that viewers can see which member of a pair of conversing actors is talking. Moreover, the ability varies with the emotional content of the conversation. The implications for social cognitive neuroscience are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cues
  • Emotions*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Kinesics
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Movement
  • Speech*
  • Visual Perception*
  • Young Adult