A model for person perception from familiar and unfamiliar voices

N Lavan, C McGettigan - Communications Psychology, 2023 - nature.com
When hearing a voice, listeners can form a detailed impression of the person behind the
voice. Existing models of voice processing focus primarily on one aspect of person …

The time course of person perception from voices: A behavioral study

N Lavan - Psychological science, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Listeners spontaneously form impressions of a person from their voice: Is someone old or
young? Trustworthy or untrustworthy? Some studies suggest that these impressions emerge …

[HTML][HTML] How do we describe other people from voices and faces?

N Lavan - Cognition, 2023 - Elsevier
When seeing someone's face or hearing their voice, perceivers routinely infer information
about a person's age, sex and social traits. While many experiments have explored how …

The time course of person perception from voices in the brain

N Lavan, P Rinke, M Scharinger - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
When listeners hear a voice, they rapidly form a complex first impression of who the person
behind that voice might be. We characterize how these multivariate first impressions from …

Empathy by Design: The Influence of Trembling AI Voices on Prosocial Behavior

F Efthymiou, C Hildebrand - IEEE Transactions on Affective …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent advances in artificial speech synthesis and machine learning equip AI-powered
conversational agents, from voice assistants to social robots, with the ability to mimic human …

First impressions from faces in dynamic approach–avoidance contexts.

IV Trifonova, C McCall, MC Fysh… - Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Theoretical understanding of first impressions from faces has been closely associated with
the proposal that rapid approach–avoidance decisions are needed during social …

[HTML][HTML] Idiosyncratic and shared contributions shape impressions from voices and faces

N Lavan, CAM Sutherland - Cognition, 2024 - Elsevier
Voices elicit rich first impressions of what the person we are hearing might be like. Research
stresses that these impressions from voices are shared across different listeners, such that …

Both personal and shared taste shape impressions from voices and faces

N Lavan, C Sutherland - 2023 - osf.io
Voices elicit rich first impressions of what the person we are hearing might be like. Research
stresses that these impressions from voices are shared across different listeners, such that …

Trait impressions from voices: Considering multiple 'origin stories' and the dynamic nature of trait‐related cues

N Lavan - British Journal of Psychology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Experimental findings for trait impressions from voices are often discussed in relation to
potential evolutionary origins. This commentary takes Sutherland and Young's (2022) …

Perceptions of mate poaching predict jealousy towards higher-pitched women's voices

JJM O'Connor - Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 2024 - Springer
Previous research has found that higher-pitched female voices elicit jealousy among
women. However, it is unknown whether jealousy towards higher-pitched female voices is …