Which of these guys would you guess is stronger? Him? [Arnold
Schwarzenegger saying “One of us is in deep trouble.”]. Or him? [Pee Wee
Herman saying, “I’m having a party, and you’re invited!”] If you chose
Arnold over Pee Wee, it’s not just because you’re an astute student of
popular culture. A new study shows that people are able to accurately
judge a man’s strength from his voice. The work appears in the Proceedings
of the Royal Society. [Aaron Sell et al., http://bit.ly/9qnXXa]The meek may inherit the Earth. But the powerful tend to prevail in physical conflicts. So it’s not surprising that humans have evolved the ability to accurately size up their potential opponents. Such assessments usually spring from visual inspection. But what if it’s dark out, or your rivals are at a distance or on the phone? Will auditory information suffice?
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