Voices of Africa: acoustic predictors of human male vocal attractiveness
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F17%3A10325994" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/17:10325994 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11240/17:10362480 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10362480 RIV/00023752:_____/17:43915453 RIV/00216208:11240/17:10325994
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=k1lcr2qPHM" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=k1lcr2qPHM</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.03.014" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.anbehav.2017.03.014</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Voices of Africa: acoustic predictors of human male vocal attractiveness
Original language description
Robust evidence shows that voice quality affects various social interactions, including mate preferences. Previous research found that male voices perceived as attractive are characterised by low voice pitch, lower or sexually typical formants, and relatively high breathiness. These features tend to be seen as markers of an individual's quality as a potential mate. Although there are considerable differences between languages in vocal parameters which could influence the perceived attractiveness, the abovementioned findings rely on research based mainly on participants from European or North American countries. In our study, we therefore tested the main acoustic predictors of vocal attractiveness using two male samples from Cameroon and Namibia. Standardised vocal recordings were then assessed for vocal attractiveness by a panel of female raters from the Czech Republic. Our results show that in the Cameroonian voices, fundamental frequency was strongly negatively associated with perceived vocal attractiveness. In the Namibian sample, however, it was not the fundamental frequency but lower mean formants and Harmonics-to-Noise Ratio which were negatively associated with vocal attractiveness. This pattern may be partly attributed to differences in morphological characteristics such as body mass index and indicates a variation across individual populations.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA15-05048S" target="_blank" >GA15-05048S: Forming first impressions from multiple modalities: a cross-cultural perspective</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Animal Behaviour
ISSN
0003-3472
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
127
Issue of the periodical within the volume
May 2017
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
7
Pages from-to
205-211
UT code for WoS article
000402702900022
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85017439746