What makes a human voice attractive?

What makes a human voice attractive?
- August 31, 2021
- Daniel Stehr, '20 cog sci Ph.D., Earth.com, Aug. 31, 2021
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Scientists from the University of California, Irvine and the University of Utah have investigated what makes a human voice attractive, a question with important implications in both our personal and professional lives. … “Much received wisdom and many vocal coaches would encourage people to slow down and carefully enunciate to make a better impression on their audience,” said study co-author [and UCI graduate student] Daniel Stehr. “However, when it comes to empirical studies of how attractiveness of the human voice is judged, we couldn’t find previous work investigating whether an actual link exists between perceived attractiveness and overall clarity of articulation.”
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