Voice Changes Across the Menstrual Cycle in Response to Masculinized and Feminized Man and Woman,Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology

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Voice Changes Across the Menstrual Cycle in Response to Masculinized and Feminized Man and Woman
Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2022-04-15 , DOI: 10.1007/s40750-022-00190-y
Irena Pavela Banai ₁ , Nataša Šimić ₁ , Robert P. Burriss ₂

Affiliation

Objective

Research has demonstrated that men prefer women’s voices with higher pitch and that women’s voices recorded at high compared to low fertility phases of the menstrual cycle are rated as more attractive. These findings suggest that voice conveys information relevant to reproductive success. Because voice attractiveness is higher during the high fertility phase and voice pitch positively predicts attractiveness ratings, it has been hypothesized that cyclical changes in vocal attractiveness are driven by changes in voice pitch. However, attempts to detect acoustic changes have produced mixed results. With the higher degree of ecological validity achieved by including social context (simulated interactions with men and women) and by recording voice in the three phases of menstrual cycles, the present study addresses limitations of previous research.

Methods

Forty-eight naturally cycling women were recorded during the menstrual, late follicular (high fertility), and luteal phases while leaving voice messages to masculinized and femininized men and women.

Results

No cycle-related changes in pitch and pitch variability for the recordings directed to masculinized and femininized men and women were detected. By including relationship status as predictor in additional models, higher-order interaction effects showed that single and partnered women displayed opposite cycle-related pitch changes directed only to women, but not men.

Conclusion

The cycle-related voice changes found in the present study do not support the hypothesis that cyclic pitch variations represent an adaptive mechanism for attracting partners. We discuss cyclic changes in voice pitch in relation to intrasexual competition by taking into an account that the present study is likely underpowered for adequate testing of the complex higher-order interactions.

中文翻译：

月经周期中男性和女性男性化和女性化的声音变化

客观的

研究表明，男性更喜欢高音调的女性声音，与月经周期低生育期相比，女性录制的高音声音被认为更具吸引力。这些发现表明声音传达了与生殖成功相关的信息。由于声音吸引力在高生育率阶段较高，并且音调可以积极预测吸引力评级，因此有人假设声音吸引力的周期性变化是由音调的变化驱动的。然而，检测声学变化的尝试产生了不同的结果。通过纳入社会背景（模拟与男性和女性的互动）和在月经周期的三个阶段录制声音，获得了更高程度的生态有效性，本研究解决了先前研究的局限性。