Pereira Kamila Janaina, Varella Marco Antonio Correa, Kleisner Karel, Pavlovič Ondřej, Valentova Jaroslava Varella
Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Behav Processes. 2019 Jul;164:25-29. doi: 10.1016/j.beproc.2019.04.010. Epub 2019 Apr 16.
Multicomponent stimuli improve information reception. In women, perceived facial and vocal femininity-masculinity (FM) are concordant; however, mixed results are found for men. Some feminine and masculine traits are related to sex hormone action and can indicate reproductive qualities. However, most of the current research about human mate choice focuses on isolated indicators, especially visual assessment of faces. We therefore examined the cross-modal concordance hypothesis by testing correlations between perceptions of FM based on facial, vocal, and behavioral stimuli. Standardized facial pictures, vocal recordings and dance videos of 38 men and 41 women, aged 18-35 years, were rated by 21 male and 43 female students, aged 18-35 years, on 100-point scale (0 = very feminine; 100 = very masculine). All participants were Brazilian students from University of Sao Paulo. In women, facial and vocal FM correlated positively, suggesting concordant information about mate quality. Such results were not found in men, indicating multiple messages, which agree with women's multifaceted preference for male FM. In both sexes, FM of dance did not correlate with voices or faces, indicating different information and distinct process of development. We thus partially supported the cross-modal concordance hypothesis.
多成分刺激可改善信息接收。在女性中，面部和嗓音的女性气质-男性气质（FM）感知是一致的；然而，在男性中却得到了不一致的结果。一些女性和男性特征与性激素作用有关，并且可以表明生殖质量。然而，目前大多数关于人类配偶选择的研究都集中在孤立的指标上，尤其是对面部的视觉评估。因此，我们通过测试基于面部、嗓音和行为刺激的FM感知之间的相关性，来检验跨模态一致性假说。38名年龄在18 - 35岁之间的男性和41名年龄在18 - 35岁之间的女性的标准化面部照片、嗓音录音和舞蹈视频，由21名年龄在18 - 35岁之间的男学生和43名年龄在18 - 35岁之间的女学生，按照100分制（0 = 非常女性化；100 = 非常男性化）进行评分。所有参与者均为圣保罗大学的巴西学生。在女性中，面部和嗓音的FM呈正相关，表明关于配偶质量的信息是一致的。在男性中未发现此类结果，这表明存在多种信息，这与女性对男性FM的多方面偏好相符。在两性中，舞蹈的FM与嗓音或面部均无相关性，表明信息不同且发展过程不同。因此，我们部分支持了跨模态一致性假说。
