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.

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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
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spelling doaj-dc094f938a0843baa5aef80b5d990bd62021-02-14T12:11:32ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-02-0112111710.1038/s41467-020-20649-4Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signatureLouise Goupil0Emmanuel Ponsot1Daniel Richardson2Gabriel Reyes3Jean-Julien Aucouturier4STMS UMR 9912 (CNRS/IRCAM/SU)Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs, Département d’Études Cognitives, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, CNRSUniversity College LondonUniversidad del DesarrolloSTMS UMR 9912 (CNRS/IRCAM/SU)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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20649-4
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Daniel Richardson
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Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
Nature Communications
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Emmanuel Ponsot
Daniel Richardson
Gabriel Reyes
Jean-Julien Aucouturier
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title Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
title_short Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
title_full Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
title_fullStr Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
title_full_unstemmed Listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
title_sort listeners’ perceptions of the certainty and honesty of a speaker are associated with a common prosodic signature
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publishDate 2021-02-01
description 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.
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