Robust gender differences exist in the acoustic correlates of clearly articulated speech, with females, on average, producing speech that is acoustically and phonetically more distinct than that of males. This study investigates the relationship between several acoustic correlates of clear speech and subjective ratings of vocal attractiveness. Talkers were recorded producing vowels in /bVd/ context and sentences containing the four corner vowels. Multiple measures of working vowel space were computed from continuously sampled formant trajectories and were combined with measures of speech timing known to co-vary with clear articulation. Partial least squares regression (PLS-R) modeling was used to predict ratings of vocal attractiveness for male and female talkers based on the acoustic measures. PLS components that loaded on size and shape measures of working vowel space-including the quadrilateral vowel space area, convex hull area, and bivariate spread of formants-along with measures of speech timing were highly successful at predicting attractiveness in female talkers producing /bVd/ words. These findings are consistent with a number of hypotheses regarding human attractiveness judgments, including the role of sexual dimorphism in mate selection, the significance of traits signalling underlying health, and perceptual fluency accounts of preferences.

Daniel A. Stehr

Gregory Hickok

Sarah Hargus Ferguson

Emily D. Grossman

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

自 1929 年以来，《美国声学学会杂志》一直是广泛的跨学科声音研究中理论和实验研究成果的主要来源。学科覆盖范围包括：线性和非线性声学；气动声学、水下声音和声学海洋学；超声波和量子声学；建筑和结构声学和振动；语音、音乐和噪音；听力心理学和生理学；工程声学、转换；生物声学，动物生物声学。

Since 1929, the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America has been a major source of theoretical and experimental research findings in the broad field of interdisciplinary sound studies. The journal covers a wide range of subjects, including linear and nonlinear acoustics; aeroacoustics, underwater sound, and acoustic oceanography; ultrasonics and quantum acoustics; architectural and structural acoustics and vibrations; speech, music, and noise; auditory psychology and physiology; engineering acoustics and transduction; and bioacoustics, including animal bioacoustics.

自1929年以来，《Journal of the Acoustical Society of America》一直是跨学科声音研究中理论与实验研究成果的重要来源。该期刊涵盖的学科包括：线性与非线性声学；气动声学、水下声学及声学海洋学；超声波与量子声学；建筑声学、结构声学与振动；语音、音乐与噪音；听力心理学与生理学；工程声学与转换；生物声学及动物生物声学。

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Examining vocal attractiveness through articulatory working space

PLS components that loaded on size and shape measures of working vowel space-including the quadrilateral vowel space area, convex hull area, and bivariate spread of formants-along with measures of speech timing were highly successful at predicting attractiveness in female talkers producing /bVd/ words.

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物理与天体物理, 听力学与言语病理学	3

Examining vocal attractiveness through articulatory working space

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AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY	1