Perception of vocal attractiveness by Mandarin native listeners
Perception of vocal attractiveness by Mandarin native listeners
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普通话母语听众对声音吸引力的看法
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2018
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Kwing Lok Albert Lee
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作者：
Anqi Xu;Kwing Lok Albert Lee
对西方社会的研究表明，男性声音与声学参数编码一个大的身体尺寸（低f o，窄共振峰分散和f o范围）被认为是有吸引力的，而女性的声音则相反。本研究旨在探讨普通话母语者对异性声音的判断是否具有相同的方式。我们复制了[1]中的设计，增加了吱吱嘎嘎的声音参数，这在北美很流行，在吸引力方面引起了激烈的争论。32名参与者（16名女性）的吸引力评价合成刺激控制的f o的高度，共振峰分散，f o的范围和语音质量。与对西方社会的研究类似，普通话母语听众更喜欢呼吸声和情态声音，而不是吱吱作响的声音。此外，声音大的男性声音与低f o和狭窄的共振峰分散的青睐。然而，一个狭窄的f o范围显着降低了吸引力的评级，无论声音的性别。这些结果进行了讨论，根据声音的吸引力的跨语言/跨文化的差异。
Studies on Western societies show that male voices with acoustic parameters encoding a large body size (low f o , narrow formant dispersion and f o range) were considered attractive, while the opposite was true for female voices. The present work investigates whether Mandarin native listeners judge voices of the opposite sex in the same way. We replicated the design in [1] with the added parameter of creaky voice, which is prevalent in North America nowadays and hotly debated in terms of attractiveness. Thirty-two participants (16 female) rated the attractiveness of synthetic stimuli controlled for f o height, formant dispersion, f o range and voice quality. Similar to studies on Western societies, Mandarin native listeners preferred breathy and modal voices to creaky and pressed voices. Moreover, large-sounding male voices with low f o and narrow formant dispersion were favored. However, a narrow f o range significantly lowered the attractiveness ratings, regardless of the gender of the voice. These results are discussed in light of the cross-linguistic / cross-cultural divergences in vocal attractiveness.