Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Department
Department of Psychology
Abstract
The present study assessed the effect of sex on voice fundamental frequency (F0) responses to pitch feedback perturbations during sustained vocalization. Sixty-four native-Mandarin speakers heard their voice pitch feedback shifted at ±50, ±100, or ±200 cents for 200 ms, five times during each vocalization. The results showed that, as compared to female speakers, male speakers produced significantly larger but slower vocal responses to the pitch-shifted stimuli. These findings reveal a modulation of vocal response as a function of sex, and suggest that there may be a differential processing of vocal pitch feedback perturbations between men and women
Recommended Citation
Chen, Z., Liu, P., Jones, J. A., Huang, D., & Liu, H. (2010). Sex-related differences in vocal responses to pitch feedback perturbations during sustained vocalization. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128, EL355. DOI: 10.1121/1.3509124.