The Role of Femininity and Averageness of Voice Pitch in Aesthetic Judgments of Women's Voices

Perception ◽  
10.1068/p5514 ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 615-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
David R Feinberg ◽  
Lisa M DeBruine ◽  
Benedict C Jones ◽  
David I Perrett
Keyword(s):  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Aesthetic Judgments

Resistance in a Minority Language

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-116
Author(s):  
Erin Twohig
Keyword(s):  
Minority Language ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
School Curricula

The fourth chapter examines the role of marginalized characters in Moroccan novels about education. Leila Abouzeid’s Al Fasl al-akhir (The Last Chapter) and Brick Oussaïd’s Les coquelicots de l’Oriental (published in English as The Mountains Forgotten by God) feature protagonists who position themselves as “spokespeople” for individuals who did not fit the vision of the classroom as a male and Arab space. Leila Abouzeid’s work features women’s voices in dialect, privileging both speakers and linguistic registers excluded from Arabized education. Brick Oussaïd’s work depicts an Amazigh protagonist who does not see his community reflected in school curricula. The chapter explores the problems inherent in “teaching” readers about the experiences of others through literature. Yet it also discusses the important potential for authors to write narratives from perspectives that are not often heard in the classroom, and make them heard there as these texts have the chance to become part of the classroom canon.

The Role of Aesthetic Judgments in Psychotherapy

2005 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-295
Author(s):  
John S. Callender
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Judgments

scholarly journals Individual differences in human voice pitch are preserved from speech to screams, roars and pain cries

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 191642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Pisanski ◽  
Jordan Raine ◽  
David Reby
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Considerable Variability ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Social Traits ◽  
Nonverbal Vocalizations ◽  
Acoustic Analyses ◽  
Socially Relevant

Fundamental frequency ( F 0, perceived as voice pitch) predicts sex and age, hormonal status, mating success and a range of social traits, and thus functions as an important biosocial marker in modal speech. Yet, the role of F 0 in human nonverbal vocalizations remains unclear, and given considerable variability in F 0 across call types, it is not known whether F 0 cues to vocalizer attributes are shared across speech and nonverbal vocalizations. Here, using a corpus of vocal sounds from 51 men and women, we examined whether individual differences in F 0 are retained across neutral speech, valenced speech and nonverbal vocalizations (screams, roars and pain cries). Acoustic analyses revealed substantial variability in F 0 across vocal types, with mean F 0 increasing as much as 10-fold in screams compared to speech in the same individual. Despite these extreme pitch differences, sexual dimorphism was preserved within call types and, critically, inter-individual differences in F 0 correlated across vocal types ( r = 0.36–0.80) with stronger relationships between vocal types of the same valence (e.g. 38% of the variance in roar F 0 was predicted by aggressive speech F 0). Our results indicate that biologically and socially relevant indexical cues in the human voice are preserved in simulated valenced speech and vocalizations, including vocalizations characterized by extreme F 0 modulation, suggesting that voice pitch may function as a reliable individual and biosocial marker across disparate communication contexts.

scholarly journals Missing voices: the absence of women from Italy’s Covid-19 pandemic response

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (7/8) ◽  
pp. 619-627
Author(s):  
Vincenza Priola ◽  
Lara Pecis
Keyword(s):  
Gender Inequalities ◽  
Family Carers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
National Response ◽  
Pandemic Response ◽  
Italian Women ◽  
Political Economic ◽  
Radical Shift

Purpose This study aims to explore the role of Italian women in society and at work during the pandemic. Specifically, it analyses Italian women’s positioning in the work context and in the leadership coordinating the national response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Design/methodology/approach Inspired by feminist thinking addressing recent debates on women’s livelihoods at the time of Covid-19, the study focusses on Italy’s gendered response to the pandemic and its exclusion of women from decision-making roles in the management of the pandemic and the subsequent post-pandemic socio-economic recovery. Drawing on recent studies and media contributions it provides a thought-provoking analysis embedded in the country’s history and culture. Findings Despite their high involvement in the daily management of the pandemic, as key workers and family carers, Italian women’s voices have remained unheard and concealed, even in face of movements towards their recognition (#DateciVoce). This study trace this lack of inclusion in the sedimented gender inequalities characteristic of the Italian socio-political-economic context, combined with the effects of Covid-19. This study suggest that the country needs a long overdue and radical shift towards the centring of women and their contributions in work and society. Originality/value The study offers insights into the gendered pandemic response of one of the first and worst affected countries. It specifically addresses women’s continued marginalisation in the political arena vis-à-vis their key role in supporting the country’s economy.

scholarly journals An Explanation for the Role of the Amygdala in Aesthetic Judgments

2017 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. A. H. Jacobs ◽  
Frans W. Cornelissen
Keyword(s):  
Aesthetic Judgments

scholarly journals Pheromones -Psychosexual Stimulants

2021 ◽  
pp. 32-42
Author(s):  
Anand Malankar ◽  
Sudhir Sawarkar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Attraction ◽  
Sexual Life ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Psychosexual Behavior ◽  
Age Factor ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Physical Attraction ◽  
Molecular Aspects ◽  
Stress Fatigue

In the quest of understanding the phenomenon of sexual attraction and sex appeal between opposite sex, there are various elements that are responsible like Physical attraction, Smell, body Odor, Voice Pitch and Facial Features. The Physical attraction may be the oldest way of understanding sex appeal, however new studies are uncovering various other unexpected factors like smell, voice pitch, and facial expressions as an important aspect of sexual arousal. The role of smell influence on sexual attraction and other behavioral aspect is crucial because humans can smell around 10,000 different aromas knowingly, however there are array of insensible aromas that we are not aware off which we are smelling day in and day out. They are responsible for behavior. The effects of pheromones on psychosexual behavior on human have been studied to great extent however there is limited understanding on exact role of pheromone communication and its mechanism. Pheromones are commonly used in perfumery as fixative. However, the usage of pheromones would mean more effective as real sexual fascination, execution of this tactic will have paradigm shift in perfumery industry which is a great approach to move from monarchy of art to scientific acquaintance. This review is an attempt of compiling the findings from key researches related to use of Pheromones in humans and few animals. We have further discussed the role of pheromones, their molecular aspects and impact on behavioral and physiological aspects. Our study indicates that pheromones are strong psycho-sexual stimulant in animals and humans, commercially many attempts have been made to prove their significance. There is tremendous scope to explore the potential of Pheromones in reenergizing human sexual life which is greatly impacted due to stress, fatigue and age factor.  

A sweet voice: The influence of crossmodal correspondences between taste and vocal pitch on advertising effectiveness

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Motoki ◽  
Toshiki Saito ◽  
Rui Nouchi ◽  
Ryuta Kawashima ◽  
Motoaki Sugiura
Keyword(s):  
Sensory Information ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Advertising Effectiveness ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Crossmodal Correspondences ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Recent Scholarship ◽  
Vocal Pitch ◽  
Crossmodal Correspondence

Crossmodal correspondences have been increasingly reported in recent scholarship, and pitch–taste associations have been observed. People consistently associate high-pitched vocal tones with sweet/sour foods, while low-pitched tones tend to be associated with bitter foods. The human voice is key in broadcast advertising, and the role of voice in communication generally is partly characterized by acoustic parameters of pitch. However, it remains unknown whether voice pitch and other senses relevant to product attributes (e.g., taste) interactively influence consumer behavior. Since congruent sensory information is desirable, it is plausible that voice pitch and taste interactively guide consumers’ responses to advertising. Based on the crossmodal correspondence phenomenon, this study aimed to elucidate the role played by voice pitch/taste correspondences in advertising effectiveness. Participants listened to voiceover advertisements (at a high or low pitch) for three food products with distinct tastes (sweet, sour, and bitter) and rated their buying intention (an indicator of advertising effectiveness). The results show that the participants were likely to exhibit greater buying intention toward both sweet and sour food when they listened to high-pitched (vs. low-pitched) voiceover advertisements. The effects for sweet food occurred when the vocal pitch was considerably high (Studies 2 and 3), but not when pitch was only moderately high (Study 1). The influence of high pitch on sour food preferences was somewhat inconsistent. These findings emphasize the role that voice pitch/taste correspondence plays in preference formation, and advance the applicability of crossmodal correspondences to business.

A Sweet Voice: The Influence of Cross-Modal Correspondences Between Taste and Vocal Pitch on Advertising Effectiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 401-427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kosuke Motoki ◽  
Toshiki Saito ◽  
Rui Nouchi ◽  
Ryuta Kawashima ◽  
Motoaki Sugiura
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Food Preferences ◽  
Advertising Effectiveness ◽  
Voice Pitch ◽  
Acoustic Parameters ◽  
Human Voice ◽  
Sweet Food

Abstract We have seen a rapid growth of interest in cross-modal correspondences between sound and taste over recent years. People consistently associate higher-pitched sounds with sweet/sour foods, while lower-pitched sounds tend to be associated with bitter foods. The human voice is key in broadcast advertising, and the role of voice in communication generally is partly characterized by acoustic parameters of pitch. However, it remains unknown whether voice pitch and taste interactively influence consumer behavior. Since consumers prefer congruent sensory information, it is plausible that voice pitch and taste interactively influence consumers’ responses to advertising stimuli. Based on the cross-modal correspondence phenomenon, this study aimed to elucidate the role played by voice pitch–taste correspondences in advertising effectiveness. Participants listened to voiceover advertisements (at a higher or lower pitch than the original narrator’s voice) for three food products with distinct tastes (sweet, sour, and bitter) and rated their buying intention (an indicator of advertising effectiveness). The results show that the participants were likely to exhibit greater buying intention toward both sweet and sour food when they listened to higher-pitched (vs lower-pitched) voiceover advertisements. The influence of a higher pitch on sweet and sour food preferences was observed in only two of the three studies: studies 1 and 2 for sour food, and studies 2 and 3 for sweet food. These findings emphasize the role that voice pitch–taste correspondence plays in preference formation, and advance the applicability of cross-modal correspondences to business.

scholarly journals Investigating the Role of Cognitive Control in Aesthetic Judgments

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1940
Author(s):  
Ionela Bara ◽  
Richard Binney ◽  
Richard Ramsey
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Control ◽  
Aesthetic Judgments
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