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Voice pitch influences voting behavior
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Voice pitch influences voting behavior

Abstract

It may be adaptive for voters to recognize good leadership qualities among politicians. Men with lower-pitched voices are found to be more dominant and attractive than are men with higher-pitched voices. Candidate attractiveness and vocal quality relate to voting behavior, but no study has tested the influence of voice pitch on voting-related perceptions. We tested whether voice pitch influenced perceptions of politicians and how these …

Authors

Tigue CC; Borak DJ; O'Connor JJM; Schandl C; Feinberg DR

Journal

Evolution and Human Behavior, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 210–216

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

May 2012

DOI

10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.09.004

ISSN

1090-5138