M&C：声音低沉的男人更具吸引力

声音低沉的魅力：男性嗓音对女性的吸引力

你是否曾想过，为什么有些男性的嗓音听起来更具吸引力？一项来自英国阿伯丁大学和加拿大麦克马斯特大学的研究揭示了其中奥秘。

研究发现，低沉的男性嗓音对女性更具吸引力。研究人员通过两项实验，分别测试了女性对低沉和尖细男性嗓音的记忆力和偏好。结果显示，女性对低沉的男性嗓音表现出明显的偏好。

这一现象可能与人类的进化有关。研究表明，低沉的嗓音往往代表着男性健康的基因和良好的健康状况。因此，女性本能地更倾向于选择低沉嗓音的男性作为伴侣。

然而，值得注意的是，低沉的嗓音并非总是带来积极的暗示。有时，它也可能预示着男性在长期关系中可能缺乏情感温暖等不良行为。

这项研究为我们揭示了声音在人类行为和社会互动中的重要作用。了解这些信息，可以帮助我们更好地理解自己和他人。

原文阅读：

A modulatory effect of male voice pitch on long-term memory in women: evidence of adaptation for mate choice?

David S. Smith， Benedict C. Jones, David R. Feinberg and Kevin Allan

From a functionalist perspective, human memory should be attuned to information of adaptive value for ones survival and reproductivefitness. While evidence of sensitivity to survival-related information is growing, specific links between memory and informationthat could impact upon reproductive fitness have remained elusive. Here, in two experiments, we showed that memory in womenis sensitive to male voice pitch, a sexually dimorphic cue important for mate choice because it not only serves as an indicatorof genetic quality, but may also signal behavioural traits undesirable in a long-term partner. In Experiment 1, we report that womens visual object memory is significantly enhanced when an objects name is spoken during encoding ina masculinised (i.e., lower-pitch) versus feminised (i.e., higher-pitch) male voice, but that no analogous effect occurs whenwomen listen to other womens voices. Experiment 2 replicated this pattern of results, additionally showing that lowering and raising male voice pitch enhanced and impairedwomens memory, respectively, relative to a baseline (i.e., unmanipulated) voice condition. The modulatory effect of sexualdimorphism cues in the male voice may reveal a mate-choice adaptation within womens memory, sculpted by evolution in responseto the dilemma posed by the double-edged qualities of male masculinity.