Fundamental frequency of the female's voice: A cross-country empiricalstudy on its influence on social and sexual selection
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Fundamental frequency of the female's voice: A cross-country empiricalstudy on its influence on social and sexual selectionAuthor (s)
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2020-02-25Publisher
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0191-8869Bibliographic citation
Cussigh, G., Ballester-Arnal, R., Gil-Llario, M. D., Giménez-García, C., & Castro-Calvo, J. (2020). Fundamental frequency of the female’s voice : A cross-country empirical study on its influence on social and sexual selection. Personality and Individual Differences, 160, 109937. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.109937Type
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Recent studies demonstrate that voice (in particular, its fundamental frequency -Fo-) may influence on social and sexual selection. Here, we tested how the Fo of female's voice is related to different aspects of social ... [+]
Recent studies demonstrate that voice (in particular, its fundamental frequency -Fo-) may influence on social and sexual selection. Here, we tested how the Fo of female's voice is related to different aspects of social and sexual selection through a novel experimental approach. First, we recorded and measured the Fo of 22 women reading a neutral text in Spanish language. Six of these voices were selected and classified into three categories: voices with a low Fo (<175 Hz), medium Fo (between 175–225 Hz) and high Fo (>225 Hz). Then, these voices were rated by two independent samples including both men and women: one comprised of native Spanish-speakers (n = 683) and the other comprised of native Italian non-Spanish-speakers (n = 484). Contrarily to what we hypothesized, voices with an average Fo were rated as more feminine and attractive, aroused a greater subjective sexual desire in men, and were more strongly related to the desire to engage in a friendship in women. These findings were independent of the sex of the respondents, as well as of the country in which the study was carried out. [-]
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