Naslov
What's in a voice? Women's vocal characteristics and self‐reported dominance, femininity and masculinity

Autori
Pavela Banai, Irena ; Banai, Benjamin

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
19th European Conference on Personality Book of Abstracts / - , 2019, 331-331

Skup
19th European Conference on Personality

Mjesto i datum
Zadar, Hrvatska, 17.07.2019. - 21.07.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
voice, femininity, masculinity, acoustic analysis

Sažetak
Previous studies have shown that the human voice can be a source of biologically important information, by implying speaker’s sex, size, and even genetic quality. Voice can also provide cues to the speaker’s personality. For example, there is evidence that pitch is negatively related to favorable personality traits, and perceived dominance among men. In this study, we expanded upon existing findings and investigated the relationship between women’s vocal characteristics, self- reported dominance and gender roles. Since voice changes with the fluctuation of sex hormones, voice samples were obtained in menstrual, follicular, and luteal phase. After acoustic analysis, vocal characteristics were averaged across the cycle phases. Higher pitch variability was related to higher feminity and lower masculinity, while lower vocal quality, higher voice breathiness and hoarseness were related to higher masculinity. These results are in line with the growing body of research linking various vocal features with perceived personality traits and attractiveness.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

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