Subject: [AUDITORY] Hearing Sex at the Cocktail Party From: John Neuhoff <JNEUHOFF@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:49:41 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--_000_BLUPR0601MB1554011115D225856C8A6ECDD4DD0BLUPR0601MB1554_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear Colleagues, The link below leads to a digital reprint of a recent publication entitled = "Hearing Sex at the Cocktail Party: Biased Sex Ratios Influence Vocal Attra= ctiveness". The paper appears in the new journal "Auditory Perception & Cog= nition". https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RI39WvTtJ9HVs6Etn6jE/full Please consider sending us your latest work. Abstract: Visual exposure to unbalanced sex ratios influences perceived facial attractiveness for opposite-sex faces. When opposite-sex faces are scarce they are rated as more attractive than when they are plentiful. The current work examines a vocal-auditory analog of this effect. Participants were assigned to either a high or low opposite-sex vocal exposure condition and reported summary statistics by estimating the percentage of male and female voices in an array of simultaneous talkers. Participants then rated the attractiveness of individual opposite-sex voices. Those in the low opposite-sex exposure condition rated subsequent individual voices of the opposite sex as significantly more attractive than those who were in the high opposite-sex exposure condition. The findings demonstrate that a core visuo-perceptual aspect of mate selection preference also occurs in the auditory domain. The results are consistent with the idea that the attractiveness of opposite-sex partners is an honest signal of fitness and involves multimodal processes that are quickly modulated by the perceived ___________________________ John G. Neuhoff Professor Department of Psychology The College of Wooster Associate Editor, Auditory Perception & Cognition http://jneuhoff.com --_000_BLUPR0601MB1554011115D225856C8A6ECDD4DD0BLUPR0601MB1554_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <style type=3D"text/css" style=3D"display:none;"> P {margin-top:0;margin-bo= ttom:0;} </style> </head> <body dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Dear Colleagues, <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> The link below leads to a digital reprint of a recent publication entitled = "<span>Hearing Sex at the Cocktail Party: Biased Sex Ratios Influence </span><span>Vocal Attractiveness". The paper appears in the new journ= al "Auditory Perception & Cognition". <br> </span></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span><br> </span></div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span><a href=3D"https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RI39WvTtJ9HVs6Etn6jE/fu= ll" id=3D"LPlnk583207">https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RI39WvTtJ9HVs6Etn= 6jE/full</a></span><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> Please consider sending us your latest work. <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <b>Abstract:</b> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; c= olor: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> <span>Visual exposure to unbalanced sex ratios influences perceived<br> </span> <div>facial attractiveness for opposite-sex faces. When opposite-sex<br> </div> <div>faces are scarce they are rated as more attractive than when<br> </div> <div>they are plentiful. The current work examines a vocal-auditory<br> </div> <div>analog of this effect. Participants were assigned to either a high<br> </div> <div>or low opposite-sex vocal exposure condition and reported summary<br> </div> <div>statistics by estimating the percentage of male and female<br> </div> <div>voices in an array of simultaneous talkers. Participants then rated<br= > </div> <div>the attractiveness of individual opposite-sex voices. Those in the<br> </div> <div>low opposite-sex exposure condition rated subsequent individual<br> </div> <div>voices of the opposite sex as significantly more attractive than<br> </div> <div>those who were in the high opposite-sex exposure condition. The<br> </div> <div>findings demonstrate that a core visuo-perceptual aspect of mate<br> </div> <div>selection preference also occurs in the auditory domain. The<br> </div> <div>results are consistent with the idea that the attractiveness of<br> </div> <div>opposite-sex partners is an honest signal of fitness and involves<br> </div> <span>multimodal processes that are quickly modulated by the perceived</spa= n><br> </div> <div id=3D"signature"> <div id=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"font-size:10pt; color= :#000000; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> <div name=3D"divtagdefaultwrapper" style=3D"font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helve= tica,sans-serif; font-size:; margin:0"> <div style=3D"font-family:Tahoma; font-size:13px"> <div>___________________________</div> John G. Neuhoff <div>Professor</div> <div>Department of Psychology</div> <div>The College of Wooster</div> <div>Associate Editor, Auditory Perception & Cognition</div> <div>http://jneuhoff.com</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </body> </html> --_000_BLUPR0601MB1554011115D225856C8A6ECDD4DD0BLUPR0601MB1554_--