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James Rutter

@jrut.bsky.social

Reposted by James Rutter

Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 11h

Deep male voices are perceived as more attractive and formidable, but does this hold up when a listener can actually see who's speaking? A new paper from #RSOS tested this: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @drboothroyd.bsky.social @jrut.bsky.social

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Reposted by James Rutter

Lynda Boothroyd @drboothroyd.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New paper from my ex PhD student @jrut.bsky.social! Lots of research on sexual selection and the human voice uses audio-only stimuli - what happens when you can see the person who's talking? A deeper voice can still make you sound more dominant but deep voices were not rated more attractive.

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Low voice pitch, when accompanied by video, increases perceived dominance but not attractiveness

Abstract. Vocal masculinity, when increased digitally in audio recordings, tends to enhance men's perceived attractiveness and dominance. This observation

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