Different Vocal Parameters Predict Perceptions of Dominance and Attractiveness
Different Vocal Parameters Predict Perceptions of Dominance and Attractiveness
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DOI：
10.1007/s12110-010-9101-5
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Puts, David A.
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作者：
Hodges-Simeon, Carolyn R.;Gaulin, Steven J. C.;Puts, David A.
男性声音中的低平均基频（F（0））被发现对男性的主导地位和女性的吸引力有积极的影响。使用在生态有效的社会互动过程中获得的自然语音，我们研究了多个声音参数和优势和吸引力判断之间的关系。来自一个没有剧本的约会游戏的男性声音由男性根据身体和社会优势进行判断，并由处于生育和非生育月经周期阶段的女性根据短期和长期关系的可取性进行判断。分析了五个声音参数：平均F（0）（声带大小的声学相关），F（0）变化，强度（响度），话语持续时间和共振峰离散度（D（f），声道长度的声学相关）。平行但单独的评级的演讲稿作为控制的内容。多元回归分析用于检查每个预测因子的独立贡献。物理优势是由低F（0）变异和物理优势词内容预测的。社会主导地位的预测，只有社会主导词的内容。女性对吸引力的评价是通过低平均F（0），低D（f），高强度和整个周期阶段和交配环境中有吸引力的词语内容来预测的。低D（f）被认为是有吸引力的生育期的妇女。我们假设，竞争对手和潜在的伴侣可能会更强烈地关注男性声音的不同组成部分，因为这些声音参数提供了不同类型的信息。
Low mean fundamental frequency (F (0)) in men's voices has been found to positively influence perceptions of dominance by men and attractiveness by women using standardized speech. Using natural speech obtained during an ecologically valid social interaction, we examined relationships between multiple vocal parameters and dominance and attractiveness judgments. Male voices from an unscripted dating game were judged by men for physical and social dominance and by women in fertile and non-fertile menstrual cycle phases for desirability in short-term and long-term relationships. Five vocal parameters were analyzed: mean F (0) (an acoustic correlate of vocal fold size), F (0) variation, intensity (loudness), utterance duration, and formant dispersion (D (f) , an acoustic correlate of vocal tract length). Parallel but separate ratings of speech transcripts served as controls for content. Multiple regression analyses were used to examine the independent contributions of each of the predictors. Physical dominance was predicted by low F (0) variation and physically dominant word content. Social dominance was predicted only by socially dominant word content. Ratings of attractiveness by women were predicted by low mean F (0), low D (f) , high intensity, and attractive word content across cycle phase and mating context. Low D (f) was perceived as attractive by fertile-phase women only. We hypothesize that competitors and potential mates may attend more strongly to different components of men's voices because of the different types of information these vocal parameters provide.