Elevated recognition accuracy for low-pitched male voices in men with higher threat potential: Further evidence for the retaliation-cost model in humans
For humans, voice pitch is highly flexible and, when lowered, makes male speakers sound more dominant, intimidating, threatening, and likely to aggress. Importantly, pitch lowering could not have evolved as a threat signal with these effects on signal receivers unless it were honest on average. Draw...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Inc.
2021
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