 Would you choose a romantic partner based just on their voice? 你能够仅仅根据声音就选择自己的交往对象吗？ A new dating app lets you do just that. 一款新的交往app就可以让你做到。 The app, Waving, is just like Tinder: You swipe right for someone you're into, and swipe left for someone you're not. 这款app，叫做声浪，跟Tinder很像：你喜欢某人就右滑，不喜欢就左滑。 But the app's profile doesn't host any photos of favorite hobbies or pets, or long bios that help you glean some insight into your potential date's lifestyle — just a short voice message. 不过这个app的档案不包括业余爱好或者宠物的照片，又或者各种能够让你认识到这个潜在的约会对象的生活方式的信息—仅仅是一小段语音信息。 "The first thing I thought when I heard about this app was, you know, it sounds like a bit of a gimmick," said Robert Burriss, an evolutionary psychologist who studies human attraction at the University of Basel in Switzerland. “我听说这个app后的第一个念头，你知道吗，就是这感觉像唬人的玩意儿，”罗伯特.布利斯说，他是瑞典的巴赛尔大学进化心理学家，专门研究人类相互吸引力的。 But, he added, there's a lot of research being done to show that voices are important when it comes to judging a partner. 不过，他补充道，有很多的研究表明人类在判断自己的交往对象的时候声音非常重要。 So what exactly makes a voice right-swipe-worthy? 那么是什么让一段声音被人们右滑呢？ Men with deeper voices are found more attractive by women, and women with higher-pitched voices tend to be more attractive to men, according to Burris. 根据布利斯的说法，更低沉的男性声音更受女性欢迎，而声音区域更高的女性对男性来说更有吸引力。 The trend isn't an arbitrary preference: It has it roots in biology. 这些倾向性并不是主观的喜好：它是 有着生物学根源的。 A deeper voice in a man could mean a high level of testosterone, and a higher-pitched voice in a woman might signal high estrogen levels. 更低沉的男性嗓音可能意味着高水平的睾丸酮激素，而更高音阶的女声可能象征着高的雌激素水平。 In one study out of Tanzania, pregnant women preferred men with higher-pitched voices. 在坦桑尼亚的一项研究中，怀孕的女性更喜欢声音更高的男性。 "This might be because women who are pregnant are sort of primed to want to affiliate with men who are more feminine, more friendly," said Burriss. “这可能是因为孕妇更愿意亲近更阴柔，更友好的男性，”布利斯说。 "And these men tend to have a higher-pitched voice." “而这样的男性往往声音音阶更高。” If you're sold on the idea and ready to create a profile, Burriss suggests you vary your tone — he says it's like smiling in a picture. 如果你接受这种说法，准备创建自己的档案时，布利斯建议你变化一下自己的语调—他说这就像在照片里微笑一样。 When voices go up, they "sound more approachable, more extrovert," he said. 把嗓音提高一些，它们“听起来会更平易近人，更外向，”他说。 "Whereas introverts will tend to sort of sink back into their voice, and their voice will be more monotonous." “而内向的人倾向于把自己的声音沉下来，他们的声音听起来就会更加单调。” If you're looking to date an extrovert, or host a radio show, monotony might not be so attractive. 如果你希望跟外向的人交往，或者主持一个录音秀，单调的声音恐怕不会具有吸引力。 But despite his research interests and evolutionary psychological theorizing, Burriss thinks you might not want to delete those selfies just yet. 不过，尽管考虑到他的研究兴趣和进化心理学理论，布利斯认为你可能还不想就这样删掉那些自拍。 "Before that finger presses that button to say, yes, it's a match, they're probably going to want to see the face," said Burriss. “在人们用手指按下确认配对键之前，他们可能还是要看看脸的，”布利斯说。 "Do I really think people are going to go on lots of dates with people they meet on this app? I'm not so sure." “我真的认为人们会经常跟在这个app上认识的人们去交往吗？我还不太确定。” 感谢关注 跟amber一起看世界 |
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