Siren voice means she's fertile

October 8, 2008
A woman is seen in silhouette

A woman is seen in silhouette. A woman raises the pitch of her voice during her most fertile period of the month in an unconscious boost to her femininity, according to a study published Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters.

A woman raises the pitch of her voice during her most fertile period of the month in an unconscious boost to her femininity, according to a study published Wednesday in the British journal Biology Letters.



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JerryPark
Oct 08, 2008

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Seems reasonable but I wonder at the method used to do the study. The scientists asked the women to make voice recordings at high and low fertility periods. The participants obviously knew that the scientists were seeking correlations between fertility and voice.

I would have expected the scientists to hide the nature of the study from the participants.
ryuuguu
Oct 08, 2008

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It does not say they only asked them to make voice recordings at high and low points. Voice recordings and question aries could have been conducted daily or weekly and then correlated back.

It is common for students unvirsity studies that are just of a questionaire and measurement style not to be informed what the study is about.
mysticfree
Oct 08, 2008

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Yeah, my ex would raise her voice during that time of the month too ... sometimes to levels that would shatter glass. Of course, I discovered this, not as a scientist, but as a guy trying to survive.
Mercury_01
Oct 08, 2008

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Did your wife sound like a cow elk in estrus? MEEEEWEEEEEEEOOOOOUUUU!!!!!
D666
Oct 08, 2008

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Did your wife sound like a cow elk in estrus? MEEEEWEEEEEEEOOOOOUUUU!!!!!


Q: Why do they call it PMS?
A: Because "Mad Cow Disease" was taken.

Yeah, I'm going to get flamed for that...
Arikin
Oct 08, 2008

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WHERE can I buy one of those voice decoders???????
Is it software?

Couples trying to get pregnant would love to use one.
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