Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance
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 re...
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| author | Chengyang Han Michal Kandrik Amanda C. Hahn Claire I. Fisher David R. Feinberg Iris J. Holzleitner Lisa M. DeBruine Benedict C. Jones |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0b36698777524865add0a5a7b29e23e62023-12-06T11:33:19ZengSAGE PublishingEvolutionary Psychology1474-70492017-03-011510.1177/147470491769733210.1177_1474704917697332Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal DominanceChengyang Han0Michal Kandrik1Amanda C. Hahn2Claire I. Fisher3David R. Feinberg4Iris J. Holzleitner5Lisa M. DeBruine6Benedict C. Jones7 Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Department of Psychology, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, USA Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Department of Psychology, Neuroscience, and Behaviour, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UKThe 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.https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917697332 |
| spellingShingle | Chengyang Han Michal Kandrik Amanda C. Hahn Claire I. Fisher David R. Feinberg Iris J. Holzleitner Lisa M. DeBruine Benedict C. Jones Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance Evolutionary Psychology |
| title | Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance |
| title_full | Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance |
| title_fullStr | Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance |
| title_short | Interrelationships Among Men's Threat Potential, Facial Dominance, and Vocal Dominance |
| title_sort | interrelationships among men s threat potential facial dominance and vocal dominance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704917697332 |
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