The Sound of Voice: Voice-Based Categorization of Speakers' Sexual Orientation within and across Languages.

ABSTRACT: Empirical research had initially shown that English listeners are able to identify the speakers' sexual orientation based on voice cues alone. However, the accuracy of this voice-based categorization, as well as its generalizability to other languages (language-dependency) and to non-native speakers (language-specificity), has been questioned recently. Consequently, we address these open issues in 5 experiments: First, we tested whether Italian and German listeners are able to correctly identify sexual orientation of same-language male speakers. Then, participants of both nationalities listened to voice samples and rated the sexual orientation of both Italian and German male speakers. We found that listeners were unable to identify the speakers' sexual orientation correctly. However, speak

SUBMITTER: Sulpizio S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4488841 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature