Session 3A: Effects of Pitch and Intonation on Vocal Perception
Session Number
Session 3A: 3rd Presentation
Advisor(s)
Alan C.L. Yu, University of Chicago
Location
Room A147
Start Date
28-4-2017 1:15 PM
End Date
28-4-2017 2:30 PM
Abstract
In the courtroom, how words are said can be just as important as what words are said. Perceptions of vocal characteristics influence outcomes of Supreme Court cases. Just from a voice sample, people create ideas of a person as more or less aggressive, attractive, confident, intelligent, trustworthy, and masculine. We are studying what characteristics of speech, such as differences in pitch and intonation, lead to different perceptions of that speech in a courtroom setting, using voice files from the SCorpus project and human ratings of vocal characteristics in those files.
Session 3A: Effects of Pitch and Intonation on Vocal Perception
Room A147
In the courtroom, how words are said can be just as important as what words are said. Perceptions of vocal characteristics influence outcomes of Supreme Court cases. Just from a voice sample, people create ideas of a person as more or less aggressive, attractive, confident, intelligent, trustworthy, and masculine. We are studying what characteristics of speech, such as differences in pitch and intonation, lead to different perceptions of that speech in a courtroom setting, using voice files from the SCorpus project and human ratings of vocal characteristics in those files.
Comments
Additional team members: Hantao Wang