没有证据表明,声音的平均值会影响吸引力
Jessica Ostrega1, Victor Shiramizu2, Anthony J Lee3
1Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Scientific reports
|May 7, 2024
概括
职业吸引力与社会成果有关. 这项研究发现,虽然语音调 (基本频率) 对男性和女性的感知吸引力都有影响,但语音平均程度对吸引力评级没有显著影响.
科学领域:
- 声学语音学的声音学
- 精神声学是一种精神声学.
- 社会心理学 社会心理学
背景情况:
- 声乐的吸引力显著影响社会互动和感知.
- 以前的研究主要集中在性二态语音特征上,如音调 (基本频率) 和身体大小相关性 (形成频率).
- 一些研究表明,语音平均程度增强了吸引力,与对比的发现区分.
研究的目的:
- 调查声音平均度,基本频率和形成频率对男性和女性声音吸引力的影响.
- 为了确定声音平均度是否会增加吸引力判断.
- 为了检查音调,身体大小相关性以及感知到的声音吸引力之间的关系.
主要方法:
- 为了评估声乐吸引力,进行了三项研究.
- 研究1:操纵语音平均值来测试独特感知.
- 研究2:评估了增加声乐平均度对吸引力的影响.
- 研究3:与男性和女性声音的吸引力评级相关的基本频率和形成频率.
主要成果:
- 增加语音平均值降低了区别评分,证实了参与者感知这些变化的能力.
- 没有发现有意义的证据表明,增加的声乐平均度增强了声音的吸引力.
- 基本频率与男性吸引力有负相关性,与女性吸引力有正相关性.
- 形式频率与声乐吸引力没有显著的相关性.
结论:
- 语音平均值可能不是增加语音吸引力判断的重要因素.
- 语音调 (基本频率) 在声音吸引力方面发挥着显著的,性别特异性的作用.
- 这些发现与先前的研究一致,强调了音调在声音吸引力感知中的重要性.
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