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According to the study, which is published in the Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, has been carried out by researchers from Albright College in Pennsylvania found that both men and women alter the pitch of their voice when talking to someone they are romantically interested in.
They discovered the change in tonality was especially apparent on the phone, with both men and women trying to match or mimic their partner or love interest's voice.
The research found women will use a lower pitch, while men will use a higher one when speaking to their romantic partner.
The psychologist leading the study believes the change in people's voice variations when they are talking to friends versus lovers, could be used to detect infidelity too.
It looked at how individuals alter their voices, or engage in voice modulation, when speaking to romantic partners versus same-sex friends during brief telephone conversations.
Researchers from Albright College, Pennsylvania, studied the voices of 24 callers who were newly in love and enjoying the 'honeymoon period'. They were asked to phone their romantic partners, as well as a close same-sex friend and in both cases start a conversation that specifically asked 'how are you?' and 'what are you doing?'.
The experts then played the recordings to 80 independent raters who judged the samples for sexiness, pleasantness and degree of romantic interest. They were only exposed to one end of the conversation, in some cases, for only two seconds.
It was revealed they were able to correctly identify whether the caller was speaking to a friend or lover, leading researchers to believe that people alter their voice to communicate their relationship status.
Study Leader Professor Susan Hughes said: "Vocal samples directed toward romantic partners were rated as sounding more pleasant, sexier and reflecting greater romantic interest than those directed toward same-sex friends."
A spectrogram analysis on the samples to examine pitch also found both sexes mimic or match the pitch of their romantic partners.
The study said this effect "represents desire for affiliation and intimacy" and is a "way to communicate affection and relational connection - 'I am one with you.'"
In addition, the scientists also found that when the samples were stripped of their language content while keeping inflection and intonation, raters could sense stress and nervousness in the voices of the study participants who were speaking to their lovers.
"There was vulnerability associated with the voices of those newly in love. Perhaps people don't want to be rejected," Professor Hughes added.
(JP/MH)
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People's Voices Change When Talking To A Romantic Interest
New research has suggested that people's voices do change when they are talking to a partner.According to the study, which is published in the Journal of Nonverbal Behaviour, has been carried out by researchers from Albright College in Pennsylvania found that both men and women alter the pitch of their voice when talking to someone they are romantically interested in.
They discovered the change in tonality was especially apparent on the phone, with both men and women trying to match or mimic their partner or love interest's voice.
The research found women will use a lower pitch, while men will use a higher one when speaking to their romantic partner.
The psychologist leading the study believes the change in people's voice variations when they are talking to friends versus lovers, could be used to detect infidelity too.
It looked at how individuals alter their voices, or engage in voice modulation, when speaking to romantic partners versus same-sex friends during brief telephone conversations.
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Researchers from Albright College, Pennsylvania, studied the voices of 24 callers who were newly in love and enjoying the 'honeymoon period'. They were asked to phone their romantic partners, as well as a close same-sex friend and in both cases start a conversation that specifically asked 'how are you?' and 'what are you doing?'.
The experts then played the recordings to 80 independent raters who judged the samples for sexiness, pleasantness and degree of romantic interest. They were only exposed to one end of the conversation, in some cases, for only two seconds.
It was revealed they were able to correctly identify whether the caller was speaking to a friend or lover, leading researchers to believe that people alter their voice to communicate their relationship status.
Study Leader Professor Susan Hughes said: "Vocal samples directed toward romantic partners were rated as sounding more pleasant, sexier and reflecting greater romantic interest than those directed toward same-sex friends."
A spectrogram analysis on the samples to examine pitch also found both sexes mimic or match the pitch of their romantic partners.
The study said this effect "represents desire for affiliation and intimacy" and is a "way to communicate affection and relational connection - 'I am one with you.'"
In addition, the scientists also found that when the samples were stripped of their language content while keeping inflection and intonation, raters could sense stress and nervousness in the voices of the study participants who were speaking to their lovers.
"There was vulnerability associated with the voices of those newly in love. Perhaps people don't want to be rejected," Professor Hughes added.
(JP/MH)
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