looked up monotone voice on google, and found that it has a positive, redeeming side – attractiveness.
My friends tell me that my face is pretty scarred. Research shows that facial scars are attractive. By the word scar, researchers mean healed cut. My friends mean acne hole.
Not all monotone voices are created equal. I’d be really surprised if “autistic” monotone and a “high-status” monotone would refer to the same thing.
Indeed, the source article suggested it was the combination of reduced pitch variation, increased pitch, and increased volume variation by high-status speakers. Extremely reduced pitch variation (ie true monotone) may be well beyond the typical statistical range that listeners perceive as high-status.
Moreover, the original article suggested that listeners didn’t use pitch variation as a cue to status (even though speakers varied on this dimension depending on the status manipulation).
Damnit, and nice analogy @TezlaKoil. I was looking for an easy way out of changing myself! I’ll have to take a serious look at this, after defining those auditory terms with reference to what I can change in myself.
My friends tell me that my face is pretty scarred. Research shows that facial scars are attractive. By the word scar, researchers mean healed cut. My friends mean acne hole.
Not all monotone voices are created equal. I’d be really surprised if “autistic” monotone and a “high-status” monotone would refer to the same thing.
Indeed, the source article suggested it was the combination of reduced pitch variation, increased pitch, and increased volume variation by high-status speakers. Extremely reduced pitch variation (ie true monotone) may be well beyond the typical statistical range that listeners perceive as high-status.
Moreover, the original article suggested that listeners didn’t use pitch variation as a cue to status (even though speakers varied on this dimension depending on the status manipulation).
Damnit, and nice analogy @TezlaKoil. I was looking for an easy way out of changing myself! I’ll have to take a serious look at this, after defining those auditory terms with reference to what I can change in myself.