Deep Voices = Sex Appeal?

Part of Series NPR's Next Generation Radio
Length 04:00
Licensor Next Generation Radio
Producer(s) Doug Mitchell
Formats Debut (not aired nationally), Soft Feature
Topics Humor, Science
Produced December 5, 2007
Added to PRX January 4, 2008
 

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Summary:

Scientists study if if true that women like men with deeper voices

Website:

http://www.npr.org/nextgen

Tones:

Amusing, Informational, NPR NewsMagazine-y

Language:

English

Description:

Anthropologist Coren Apicella sets out to learn whether it is possible to be attracted to someone simply because of the sound of his or her voice. To test her hypothesis she grabbed her tape recorder and set off for Tanzania. She discovers the tone of your voice may mean more than thought.