Han Chengyang, Kandrik Michal, Hahn Amanda C, Fisher Claire I, Feinberg David R, Holzleitner Iris J, DeBruine Lisa M, Jones Benedict C
1 Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
2 Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA.
Evol Psychol. 2017 Jan;15(1):1474704917697332. doi: 10.1177/1474704917697332.
The benefits of minimizing the costs of engaging in violent conflict are thought to have shaped adaptations for the rapid assessment of others' capacity to inflict physical harm. Although studies have suggested that men's faces and voices both contain information about their threat potential, one recent study suggested that men's faces are a more valid cue of their threat potential than their voices are. Consequently, the current study investigated the interrelationships among a composite measure of men's actual threat potential (derived from the measures of their upper-body strength, height, and weight) and composite measures of these men's perceived facial and vocal threat potential (derived from dominance, strength, and weight ratings of their faces and voices, respectively). Although men's perceived facial and vocal threat potential were positively correlated, men's actual threat potential was related to their perceived facial, but not vocal, threat potential. These results present new evidence that men's faces may be a more valid cue of these aspects of threat potential than their voices are.
人们认为，将参与暴力冲突的成本降至最低的好处，塑造了对他人造成身体伤害能力进行快速评估的适应性。尽管研究表明男性的面部和声音都包含有关其威胁潜力的信息，但最近一项研究表明，男性的面部比声音更能有效提示其威胁潜力。因此，本研究调查了男性实际威胁潜力的综合指标（源自其上半身力量、身高和体重的测量）与这些男性感知到的面部和声音威胁潜力的综合指标（分别源自对其面部和声音的支配力、力量和体重评级）之间的相互关系。尽管男性感知到的面部和声音威胁潜力呈正相关，但男性的实际威胁潜力与他们感知到的面部威胁潜力有关，而与声音威胁潜力无关。这些结果提供了新的证据，表明男性的面部可能比声音更能有效提示威胁潜力的这些方面。
