Please join us for our next Brown Bag “work-in-progress” event! Our very own Sara Pearsell, a fifth year Ph.D. Candidate under the supervision of Daniel Pape in the Phonetics Lab, will discuss her fascinating work on how different aspects of speech productions like voice quality, amplitude, and phonological variation affect perceptions of personality traits. This is a great opportunity to learn a little more about the amazing research our trainees are doing!
This event will take place on March 1, 12:30pm at LRW 4018. See the poster below for more details. Plus, as always, there will be Pizza!
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Previous research has examined influences of e.g. pitch and pause-filled-gaps on the perceived personality traits of a speaker. However, to our knowledge, minimal research has examined the effects of amplitude on the perception of speaker’s dominance (Experiment 1), as well as effects of different voice qualities on charisma perception (Experiment 2). Experiment 1 examines the effects of amplitude variation for the three levels (i) phrasal overall amplitude differences, (ii) focus differences, and (iii) syllable amplitude differences with respect to perceived dominance ratings. Experiment 2 examines the voice quality manipulations of modal versus nasalization, glottalization, breathy voice, and smiling with respect to perceived charisma ratings.