“Vocalised Sounds and Human Sex,” Roy J. Levin, Sexual and Relationship Therapy, vol. 21, 2006, pp. 99-107. The author, at the University of Sheffield, UK, reports: “[An] early study of the coital behaviour of a single Caucasian married couple (Fox & Fox, 1969)… highlights the complexity of the vocal behaviour of but one female, which […]
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Big Dogs Bark Deeper (than small dogs)
With the video above in mind, here’s an hypothesis (or, if you prefer, a hypothesis) : • Do bigger dogs (by and large) have longer, more voluminous vocal tracts? And, if so, might they bark with lower notes? The hypothesis was broadly confirmed in a comprehensive 1999 experimental study by investigators professor Tobias Riede and […]
Karaoke Reversal: A technical approach
Daisuke Inoue of Hyogo, Japan, was awarded the 2004 Ig Nobel peace prize for inventing karaoke, thereby providing an entirely new way for people to learn to tolerate each other. For the very few of our readers who might not know what karaoke is – we offer this description : ‘It’s a form of interactive […]