Frontiers in Psychology
Emotion recognition in cross-linguistic legal context: a comparison between human-based and computational approaches
Emotion shapes credibility assessments, judicial decision-making, and perceptions of procedural justice, yet its reliable detection in courtroom settings remains a significant methodological challenge. This study provides a multimethod evaluation of emotion-recognition approaches in cross-linguistic legal discourse using a corpus of 20 Chinese and English courtroom video clips. Eighty-eight bilingual observers provided continuous valence ratings, completed post-task Positive and Negative Affect Schedule (PANAS) ass …