Voices of Africa: acoustic predictors of human male vocal attractiveness

Kód výsledku v 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>

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RIV/00216208:11240/17:10362480 RIV/00216208:11310/17:10362480 RIV/00023752:_____/17:43915453 RIV/00216208:11240/17:10325994

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Voices of Africa: acoustic predictors of human male vocal attractiveness

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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&apos;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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Voices of Africa: acoustic predictors of human male vocal attractiveness

Popis výsledku anglicky

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&apos;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.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA15-05048S" target="_blank" >GA15-05048S: Utváření prvního dojmu na základě vícero modalit: mezikulturní perspektiva</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Animal Behaviour

ISSN

0003-3472

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

127

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

May 2017

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

7

Strana od-do

205-211

Kód UT WoS článku

000402702900022

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85017439746