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The research, by the University of Stirling and published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, found that the changes can also make the speaker appear more attractive to whom they are talking.
Lead researcher Juan David Leongómez looked at a sample of 10 heterosexual individuals, who were either native English or Czech speakers. The vocal patterns of the male and female participants were then compared – when the speakers were talking to people they perceived as attractive, and those people they perceived as unattractive.
It was discovered that men of both languages, when talking to women they found attractive, tended to speak in a more 'variable' voice, or "sing-songy". They also had a lower minimum voice pitch ("deep voice"), compared to the women they spoke to whom they considered to be less attractive.
Mr Leongómez explained: "Previous research has shown that humans signal their romantic interest in several different ways, including non-verbal behaviours and body language, like eye contact and casual touching – for example, playfully touching someone's hair.
"Our study shows that people also modulate their voices to signal romantic interest and that this, in turn, seems to make the speaker seem more attractive.
"For me, it is important to sound masculine, which is manifested in a deeper voice pitch. However, extreme masculinity is associated with negative traits in a partner, like a tendency for increased aggressiveness and promiscuity."
He continued: "This puts men in a dilemma, because they have to convey two seemingly contradictory messages at the same time: 'I am a masculine man', and 'I'd be a good partner and father'.
"The solution may be to vary their pitch – which would explain the sing-songy quality of the voices we observed in men speaking to attractive women."
In addition, the research also found that bystanders also respond to the differences. That is, when the voice recording of a man speaking to an attractive woman was played to female listeners, those listeners found the voice more attractive than a recording of the same man who was speaking to a less attractive woman.
The male voices that were recorded were Czech, the study added, while the female listeners were British. The reason for this was to ensure the women did not understand the words being spoken, and therefore the results suggest that the male speaker's attractiveness was down a subtle changes in their voice, rather than what they were saying.
"If a woman perceives a man's voice to be more sing-songy, then it is likely the man finds her attractive. However, these vocal modulations are very subtle and probably not produced consciously by the speaker.
"Additionally, whilst they help make a person sound more attractive to the opposite sex, people do not seem to be aware of why they find the voice more attractive," Juan David Leongómez concluded.
(JP/IT)
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Mens' Voices Change When Talking To Someone Attractive
A new study has revealed that people make subtle changes to their voice when speaking to someone they find attractive.The research, by the University of Stirling and published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, found that the changes can also make the speaker appear more attractive to whom they are talking.
Lead researcher Juan David Leongómez looked at a sample of 10 heterosexual individuals, who were either native English or Czech speakers. The vocal patterns of the male and female participants were then compared – when the speakers were talking to people they perceived as attractive, and those people they perceived as unattractive.
It was discovered that men of both languages, when talking to women they found attractive, tended to speak in a more 'variable' voice, or "sing-songy". They also had a lower minimum voice pitch ("deep voice"), compared to the women they spoke to whom they considered to be less attractive.
Mr Leongómez explained: "Previous research has shown that humans signal their romantic interest in several different ways, including non-verbal behaviours and body language, like eye contact and casual touching – for example, playfully touching someone's hair.
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"Our study shows that people also modulate their voices to signal romantic interest and that this, in turn, seems to make the speaker seem more attractive.
"For me, it is important to sound masculine, which is manifested in a deeper voice pitch. However, extreme masculinity is associated with negative traits in a partner, like a tendency for increased aggressiveness and promiscuity."
He continued: "This puts men in a dilemma, because they have to convey two seemingly contradictory messages at the same time: 'I am a masculine man', and 'I'd be a good partner and father'.
"The solution may be to vary their pitch – which would explain the sing-songy quality of the voices we observed in men speaking to attractive women."
In addition, the research also found that bystanders also respond to the differences. That is, when the voice recording of a man speaking to an attractive woman was played to female listeners, those listeners found the voice more attractive than a recording of the same man who was speaking to a less attractive woman.
The male voices that were recorded were Czech, the study added, while the female listeners were British. The reason for this was to ensure the women did not understand the words being spoken, and therefore the results suggest that the male speaker's attractiveness was down a subtle changes in their voice, rather than what they were saying.
"If a woman perceives a man's voice to be more sing-songy, then it is likely the man finds her attractive. However, these vocal modulations are very subtle and probably not produced consciously by the speaker.
"Additionally, whilst they help make a person sound more attractive to the opposite sex, people do not seem to be aware of why they find the voice more attractive," Juan David Leongómez concluded.
(JP/IT)
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