Roughness is a perceptual attribute typically associated with certain stimuli that are
presented in one of the spatial senses. In auditory research, the term is typically used to …

Revealed more than two millennia ago by Pythagoras, consonance and dissonance (C/D)
are foundational concepts in music theory, perception, and aesthetics. The search for the …

Across many species, a major function of vocal communication is to convey formidability,
with low voice frequencies traditionally considered the main vehicle for projecting large size …

Until recently, human nonverbal vocalisations such as cries, laughs, screams, moans, and
groans have received relatively little attention in the human behavioural sciences. Yet these …

Research on within-individual modulation of vocal cues is surprisingly scarce outside of
human speech. Yet, voice modulation serves diverse functions in human and nonhuman …

Objectives The aim of our study was to compare morphometric patterns of facial sexual
dimorphism with strength‐face relationship in members of two distinct populations of …

Nonverbal acoustic parameters of the human voice provide cues to a vocaliser's sex, age,
and body size that are relevant in human social and sexual communication, and also …

Auditory roughness in medical alarm sounds is an important design attribute, and has been
shown to impact user performance and perception. While roughness can assist in …

A growing amount of research has shown associations between sexually dimorphic vocal
traits and physiological conditions related to reproductive advantage. This paper presented …

The article draws attention to a neglected key element of human evolutionary history—the
defense strategies of hominins and early humans against predators. Possible reasons for …