Linking voice pitch to fighting success in male amateur mixed martial arts athletes and boxers

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ID6146111
AuthorsChristoph Schild (0000-0002-6668-5773, University of Siegen, corresponding author), Ingo Zettler (0000-0001-6140-7160, University of Copenhagen)
Year2021
Volume3
Pagese46-e46
Publication date2021-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEvolutionary Human Sciences (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2513-843X • E-ISSN: 2513-843X
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/ehs.2021.45
PMID37588524
OpenAlexW3201415617
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited28

Whereas voice pitch is strongly linked to people's perceptions in contexts of sexual selection, such as attractiveness and dominance, evidence that links voice pitch to actual behaviour or the formidability of a speaker is sparse and mixed. In this registered report, we investigated how male speakers’ voice pitch is linked to fighting success in a dataset comprising 135 (amateur) mixed martial arts and 189 (amateur) boxing fights. Based on the assumption that voice pitch is an honest signal of formidability, we expected lower voice pitch to be linked to higher fighting success. The results indicated no significant relation between a fighter's voice pitch, as directly measured before a fight, and successive fighting success in both mixed martial arts fighters and boxers

Aeronautics · Amateur · Art · Athletes · Martial arts · Physical therapy · Visual arts · Engineering · History · Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education · Medicine · Psychology · Sport Psychology and Performance · Sports, Gender, and Society

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