Faking It: The production, perception, and function of social voice modulation

Projektinformationen

Voice Modulation

ID Finanzhilfevereinbarung: 655859

DOI 10.3030/655859

Abgeschlossenes Projekt

EK-Unterschriftsdatum 9 April 2015

Startdatum 1 Februar 2016

Enddatum 31 Januar 2018

Finanziert unter

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Gesamtkosten € 183 454,80

EU-Beitrag € 183 454,80

Koordiniert durch

THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX
United Kingdom

Ziel

The human voice is a social tool. Non-linguistic voice cues can influence judgements of attractiveness, formidability, trustworthiness, intelligence, and general likeability, with meaningfully differential social outcomes depending on whether ones voice is credited, unduly or not, with positive or negative attributes. Yet, despite its apparent societal implications and the known capacity for vocal control, studies of human voice perception have focused on static rather than dynamic speech. The proposed project will explore the vastly understudied niche of human voice modulation. The Research Objectives of the project are to: (1) Provide the first experimental evidence of voice modulation in four novel social contexts (political debate, commercial ad, public lecture, and first date); (2) Describe the structure and production mechanisms of modulated speech using new technology developed through a secondment; (3) Identify individual and environmental factors that affect the use and nature of modulated speech; (4) Test the extent to which voice modulation effectively influences social attributions and decisions. The project will be the first to examine voice modulation across cultures, addressing a serious need for comparative research in psychology, and facilitating international collaboration. The research objectives will be achieved through a unique combination of lab and field voice recordings, spectrotemporal speech analysis, questionnaire data, cross-cultural and cross-linguistic playback experiments, and sophisticated statistical modelling. This original line of research will provide ample insight into how the voice affects human behaviour, ultimately helping to uncover the functions and origins of nonverbal communication, but also educating lay and scientific communities about social stereotyping and its socioeconomic impact. Importantly, the Fellowship will put me in an excellent position to secure a research station in one of the top European universities.

Wissenschaftliches Gebiet

• social sciences › sociology › social issues › social inequalities › racial inequality
• social sciences › sociology › anthropology › ethnology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › evolutionary biology
• natural sciences › biological sciences › biological behavioural sciences › ethology
• social sciences › psychology › cognitive psychology

Programm/Programme

• H2020-EU.1.3. - EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Main Programme
• H2020-EU.1.3.2. - Nurturing excellence by means of cross-border and cross-sector mobility

Thema/Themen

• MSCA-IF-2014-EF - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships (IF-EF)

Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung

H2020-MSCA-IF-2014

Finanzierungsplan

MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EF

Koordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX

• Netto-EU-Beitrag: € 183 454,80
• Adresse: SUSSEX HOUSE FALMER ; BN1 9RH Brighton ; Vereinigtes Königreich
• Region: South East (England) › Surrey, East and West Sussex › Brighton and Hove
• Aktivitätstyp: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Gesamtkosten: € 183 454,80