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Sexual behavior predicted by voice attractiveness Posted on Monday, September 20 2004 @ 18:27 EDT
If, sight unseen, you think someone sounds attractive, chances are you're
right
ALBANY, N.Y. (September 20, 2004) -- University at Albany researchers
have found a significant association between the perceived attractiveness
of a person's voice and the sexual activity of the speaker. In addition,
researchers discovered that judging a voice can predict certain aspects
of the body type of the speaker.
I don't know about this. I used to work in radio, and I can tell you that
there are some very sexy voices attached to some decidedly un-sexy types.
That said, I can't speak to the relationship between a sexy voice and
sexual activity, although I remember one night-shift jock who paraded his
partners through the studio at a fairly regular clip.
The report's authors conclude that the sound of a person's voice can be
used to predict features associated with reproductive success including
sexual behavior, body configuration, and bilateral symmetry, and theorize
that prior to the development of means of artificial lighting, at night
people were more reliant on voice as a means of discerning valuable
reproductive characteristics of others.
In related news, alcohol consumption and loud, bad bar bands are known to
interfere significantly with this highly-evolved system.
Dave
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