Lower voice pitch increases a speaker's perceived authority

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Evidence from communication and behavioral studies indicates that lower vocal pitch is associated with perceptions of dominance, status, and authority.

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Papers [0] and [3] explicitly connect lower voice pitch to social perceptions of dominance, status, and non-verbal social signaling, directly supporting the claim. Other papers discuss related vocal features or other social perceptions (like trust or attractiveness), but no retrieved papers contradict the relationship between low pitch and perceived authority.

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Vocal modulation in human mating and competition.

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Hughes SM, Puts DA. Vocal modulation in human mating and competition.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0388

This paper notes that a lowered voice pitch is often used to exert dominance and display status in social contexts.

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ConverSense: An Automated Approach to Assess Patient-Provider Interactions using Social Signals.

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Bedmutha MS, Tsedenbal A, Tobar K, Borsotto S, Sladek KR, Singh D, Casanova-Perez R, Bascom E, Wood B, Sabin J, Pratt W, Hartzler A, Weibel N. ConverSense: An Automated Approach to Assess Patient-Provider Interactions using Social Signals.. 2024. https://doi.org/10.1145/3613904.3641998

This study identifies pitch as a non-verbal social signal associated with dominance and authority in interpersonal communication.

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first checked01 Aug 2026

judged → SUPPORTED · 8201 Aug 2026

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