Visual input of a face appears to influence the ability to selectively attend to one voice over another simultaneous voice. We examined this crossmodal effect, specifically the role face gender may have on selective attention to male and female gendered simultaneous voices. Using a within-subjects design, participants were presented with a dynamic male face, female face, or fixation cross, with each condition being paired with a dichotomous audio stream of male and female voices reciting different lists of concrete nouns. In Experiment 1a, the female voice was played in the right ear and the male voice in the left ear. In Experiment 1b, both voices were played in both ears with differences in volume mimicking the interaural intensity difference between disparately localized voices in naturalistic situations. Free recall of words spoken by the two voices immediately following stimulus presentation served as a proxy measure of attention. In both sections of the experiment, crossmodal congruity of face gender enhanced same-gender word recall. This effect indicates that crossmodal interaction between voices and faces guides auditory attention. The results contribute to our understanding of how humans navigate the crossmodal relationship between voices and faces to direct attention in social interactions such as those in the cocktail party scenario.

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“视觉性别提示”指南在双耳听力期间，跨模式选择性地参加性别一致的语音。

面部的视觉输入似乎会影响在另一种同时发声的情况下有选择地参与一种发声的能力。我们研究了这种跨峰效应，特别是面对性别对选择性关注男性和女性同时发声的作用。使用受试者内部设计，向参与者展示了一张动态的男性面孔，女性面孔或注视十字架，每种情况都与分别引用不同名词的具体名词的男女声音的二分音频流配对。在实验1a中，右耳播放女性声音，左耳播放男性声音。在实验1b中，两只声音都在两只耳朵中播放，其音量差异模仿了自然情况下不同位置的声音之间的耳间强度差异。刺激刺激后立即免费回忆由两个声音说出的单词，可以作为注意程度的替代指标。在实验的两个部分中，面部性别的交叉模态一致性增强了相同性别的单词记忆力。这种效果表明，声音和面孔之间的交互模式互动可引导听觉注意。结果有助于我们理解人类如何驾驭声音和面孔之间的交叉模式关系，从而在社交互动（例如鸡尾酒会场景）中直接引起人们的注意。