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Description
The human voice is a highly flexible tool for communication with others. The module aims to familiarise you with the main concepts underpinning the psychological processing of the human voice, and to introduce you to research on the perception and expression of speech, emotions, and identity. The content covered will range from basic articulatory and acoustic properties of verbal and nonverbal vocal behaviour (e.g. speech, laughter), to social and cognitive aspects of voice processing (e.g. identity recognition, evaluation of personality traits), and the neural underpinnings of human voice procesing.
The module has 10 weekly topics, delivered via a combination of asynchronous lecture videos plus a face-to-face tutorial.
Indicative topics
Based on module content in 2023/24, subject to possible changes:
- Speech
- Vocal Emotions
- Vocal Identity
- Real-life impacts of human voice processing
Module Aims
- Familiarise students with the main concepts in the psychological processing of the human voice
- Introduce students to a wide range of advanced topics and methods in human voice research
- Engage students with the broader relevance and impacts of human voices in everyday life
Skills developed:
- Knowledge and understanding of experimental and theoretical aspects of investigating human voice processing
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant methodologies for the study of the human voice (e.g. acoustic analysis of voice recordings, measurement of human performance in listening tasks)
- Understanding of key research findings in human voice processing
- Ability to link research findings to everyday experience of human voices
- Ability to critically appraise experimental methods and evidence relevant to human voice research
- Skills relevant to communicating human voice research to academic and non-academic audiences (e.g. critical evaluation; writing about human voice research)
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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