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Vocal types and stereotypes: Joint effects of vocal attractiveness and vocal maturity on person perception

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Subjects rated the power, competence, warmth, and honesty of stimulus persons whose voices systematically and independently varied along the dimensions of vocal attractiveness and vocal maturity. The results revealed that the effects of vocal attractiveness on person perception can be attenuated or augmented by variations in vocal maturity; and that the effects of vocal maturity on impressions can be similarly modified by level of attractiveness. Implications of the data for the understanding of vocal stereotypes are discussed.

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  1. Department of Psychology, Southern Methodist University, 75275, Dallas, TX

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Berry, D.S. Vocal types and stereotypes: Joint effects of vocal attractiveness and vocal maturity on person perception. J Nonverbal Behav 16, 41–54 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00986878

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