Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature

It remains unclear whether and how listeners can infer speakers’ reliability from the sound of their voice. Here, the authors show that listeners from several languages rely on a common prosodic signature to infer whether speakers are lying or doubting.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Louise Goupil, Emmanuel Ponsot, Daniel Richardson, Gabriel Reyes, Jean-Julien Aucouturier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20649-4