Vocal and Physiological Changes in Response to the Physical Attractiveness of Conversational Partners

dc.contributor.authorHughes, Susan M.
dc.contributor.authorFarley, Sally D
dc.contributor.authorRhodes, Bradley C
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-12T16:21:02Z
dc.date.available2017-06-12T16:21:02Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractWe examined how individuals may change their voices when speaking to attractive versus unattractive individuals, and if it were possible for others to perceive these vocal changes. In addition, we examined if any concurrent physiological effects occurred when speaking with individuals who varied in physical attractiveness. We found that both sexes used a lower-pitched voice and showed a higher level of physiological arousal when speaking to the more attractive, opposite-sex target. Furthermore, independent raters evaluated the voice samples directed toward the attractive target (versus the unattractive target) as sounding more pleasant when the two voice samples from the same person presented had a reasonably perceptually noticeable difference in pitch. These findings may have implications for the role voice plays in mate selection and attraction.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sally_Farley/publication/225723523_Vocal_and_Physiological_Changes_in_Response_to_the_Physical_Attractiveness_of_Conversational_Partners/links/0deec5310c1f7b65ad000000/Vocal-and-Physiological-Changes-in-Response-to-the-Physical-Attractiveness-of-Conversational-Partners.pdfen_US
dc.format.extent14 pagesen_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/M2MS05
dc.identifier.citationHughes, S. M., Farley, S. D., & Rhodes, B. C. (September 01, 2010). Vocal and Physiological Changes in Response to the Physical Attractiveness of Conversational Partners. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 34, 3, 155-167.en_US
dc.identifier.uri10.1007/s10919-010-0087-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/4032
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Baltimore
dc.subjectVocal changesen_US
dc.subjectAttractivenessen_US
dc.subjectVoiceen_US
dc.subjectPhysiological responsesen_US
dc.subjectRomantic attractionen_US
dc.titleVocal and Physiological Changes in Response to the Physical Attractiveness of Conversational Partnersen_US
dc.typeTexten_US

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