Appreciation of singing and speaking voices is highly idiosyncratic.

IF 2.9 3区 综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Royal Society Open Science Pub Date : 2024-11-06 eCollection Date: 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1098/rsos.241623
Camila Bruder, Klaus Frieler, Pauline Larrouy-Maestri
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Voice preferences are an integral part of interpersonal interactions and shape how people connect with each other. While a large number of studies have investigated the mechanisms behind (speaking) voice attractiveness, very little research was dedicated to other types of vocalizations. In this Registered Report, we proposed to investigate voice preferences with an integrative approach. To this end, we used a newly recorded and validated stimulus set of contrasting vocalizations by 22 highly trained female singers speaking and singing the same material (in Brazilian Portuguese) in contrasting styles (sung as a lullaby, as a pop song or as an opera aria; and spoken aloud as if directed to an adult audience and as if directed to an infant). We asked 62 participants to rate these vocalizations in terms of how much they liked them; and we compared the amount of shared taste (that is, how much participants agreed in their preferences) across styles. We found highly idiosyncratic preferences across all styles. Our predictions concerning shared taste were not confirmed: although shared taste was higher for lullaby than for pop singing, it was unexpectedly higher for operatic than pop singing, and higher for infant-directed than adult-directed speech. Conversely, our prediction of limited consistency in average preferences for some singers across styles was confirmed, contradicting sexual selection-based ideas of singing and speaking as 'backup' signals of individual fitness. Our findings draw attention to the role of individual differences in voice preferences and highlight the need for a broader approach to understanding the underlying mechanisms of voice preferences. Stage 1 recommendation and review history: https://rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=357. Stage 2 recommendation and review history: https://rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=802.

对唱歌和说话声音的鉴赏具有很强的特异性。
声音偏好是人际交往中不可或缺的一部分,它决定了人与人之间的联系方式。虽然有大量研究对(说话)声音吸引力背后的机制进行了调查,但专门针对其他类型发声的研究却少之又少。在这份注册报告中,我们建议采用综合方法来研究声音偏好。为此,我们使用了一套新录制并经过验证的刺激集,由 22 位训练有素的女歌手以截然不同的风格(以摇篮曲、流行歌曲或歌剧咏叹调的形式演唱)说唱相同的材料(巴西葡萄牙语)。我们要求 62 位参与者对这些发声方式的喜爱程度进行评分;我们还比较了不同风格之间的共同口味(即参与者在喜好上的一致程度)。我们发现,所有风格的偏好都具有高度的特异性。我们对共同喜好的预测没有得到证实:虽然摇篮曲的共同喜好高于流行歌曲,但歌剧的共同喜好却出乎意料地高于流行歌曲,而且婴儿指导的语言高于成人指导的语言。相反,我们的预测得到了证实,即某些歌手对不同风格的平均偏好的一致性有限,这与基于性选择的观点相矛盾,即唱歌和说话是个体适应性的 "后备 "信号。我们的研究结果引起了人们对个体差异在声音偏好中的作用的关注,并强调了以更广泛的方法来了解声音偏好的内在机制的必要性。第一阶段推荐和审查历史:https://rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=357。第二阶段建议和审查历史:https://rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=802。
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Royal Society Open Science
Royal Society Open Science Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
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6.00
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508
审稿时长
14 weeks
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