While humans have developed a sophisticated and unique system of verbal auditory
communication, they also share a more common and evolutionarily important nonverbal …

On hearing a novel voice, listeners readily form personality impressions of that speaker.
Accurate or not, these impressions are known to affect subsequent interactions; yet the …

This chapter reviews studies on voice attractiveness from evolutionary, social, and cognitive
neuroscience perspectives. Taking this interdisciplinary approach, it explores what makes a …

Listeners exploit small interindividual variations around a generic acoustical structure to
discriminate and identify individuals from their voice—a key requirement for social …

Phonetic imitation is the unintentional, spontaneous acquisition of speech characteristics of
another talker. Previous work has shown that imitation is strongly moderated by social …

The human voice carries speech as well as important nonlinguistic signals that influence our
social interactions. Among these cues that impact our behavior and communication with …

The attractiveness of a person, a complex, and socially relevant type of information, is
transmitted in many ways, not least through face and voice. However, it is unclear how the …

Recognizing who is speaking is a cognitive ability characterized by considerable individual
differences, which could relate to the inter-individual variability observed in voice-elicited …

We present an open-source software platform that transforms emotional cues expressed by
speech signals using audio effects like pitch shifting, inflection, vibrato, and filtering. The …

Accents provide information about the speaker's geographical, socio-economic, and ethnic
background. Research in applied psychology and sociolinguistics suggests that we …