Can you tell whether someone’s lying just from their voice? Apparently so, according to research carried out by scientists at the Science and Technology for Music and Sound Laboratory and the Perceptual Systems Laboratory. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications, Monday, February 8.
Through a series of experiments, the CNRS researchers — in collaboration with the IRCAM institute for the research of music and sound, Sorbonne Universit, the ENS-PSL research university and the French Ministry of Culture — explored how we decide whether someone is honest and authentic based on their voice.
The melody of someone’s voice — or what the researchers describe as…
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