A voz masculina e a atribuição de características favoráveis pelas mulheres

Abstract

This study investigated women's capacity to evaluate men's symmetry through their voice and the kinds of attributions they make towards the owners of the voices in terms of provider capacity. That is, do male voices carry information about body symmetry and providing capacity? Ten subjects were recorded while reading a standardized text pertaining to a particular way of thawing fish in milk and had different body parts measured to calculate an asymmetry index. These recordings were played to 150 female undergraduate students who were to choose the most interesting voice of the ten they heard and then answer a questionnaire about the physical and provider characteristics of each one. Results were consistent with previous studies and women tended to attribute more advantageous provider characteristics to those voices, which they also considered most interesting. The perception of a favorable characteristic in a person voice apparently permeates other important characteristics, which appear to be automatically inferred for that person as well.