In human voices, low fundamental frequency is thought to be a cue to masculinity and reproductive capability and large vocal tracts are associated with large body size of the speaker. Female preferences for males with low fundamental frequencies and large vocal tract lengths are potentially adaptive. Although sexually dimorphic characteristics of male voices have been studied, the impact of man...

Paul Auster habitually uses multiple narrative structures in his novels and situates the reader a mesh of narratives which neither real narrator is discerned nor protagonist’s identity distinguishable. In Man Dark, two dystopic lines novel with undistinguished characters’ to question credulity grand-narrative. Lyotard’s theory postmodernism, grand questioned since it disregards different voices...

Using the example of a failed software implementation, we discuss the role of artifacts in shaping organizational routines. We argue that artifact-centered assumptions about design are not well suited to designing organizational routines, which are generative systems that produce recognizable, repetitive patterns of interdependent actions, carried out by multiple actors. Artifact-centered assum...

BACKGROUND Sharing interim data, results or result extrapolations is an important issue that can affect trial integrity. The different ways in which Data Safety Monitoring Boards (DSMBs) share interim results with non-DSMB members and the acceptability of such practices are poorly understood. Our objective was to undertake a narrative review specifically on what kind of interim results, if any,...

Inattention in people with schizophrenia is common. However, there has been little research on the association between inattention and auditory hallucinations. The aim of the study was to investigate how inattention is affected by beliefs about voices as benevolent and malevolent and perceived control of voices. A total of 31 patients who experienced auditory hallucinations and who met the crit...

Human voice is a gender discriminating cue and is important to mate selection. This study employed electrophysiological recordings to examine whether there is specific cerebral activity when presented with opposite-sex voices as compared to same-sex voices. Male voices and female voices were pseudo-randomly presented to male and female participants. In Experiment 1, participants were instructed...

This paper critically examines the constructed narrative that there is an epistemic intergenerational divide on topic of climate change, science, and political actions necessary to address most urgent threats. Analysing publicly available social media data, this traces amplification youth voice during 2019 emergence narrative. It compares dominant messages against Afrobarometer Eurobarometer re...

Brian Ó Nualláin is a man of many names and voices. The narrative power he posseses exemplified when comparing 'The Plain People Ireland' segments the Cruiskeen Lawn columns in Irish Times, penned under pseudonym Myles na gCopaleen, voice nameless narrator Flann O'Brien's Third Policeman. Within these two works, position intellectual society portrayed through quite different lenses: self-confid...

It is generally accepted that approximately 10% general population hear voices (Tien, 1991). It is possible that lifetime prevalence may be much higher (Barrett and Etheridge, 1992). Many people who hear voices do not have mental health problems. They hold a variety of beliefs about the nature and origins of their experiences and deal with them in many ways. For some people, voices can be an as...

Katherine Jane Cecil, UCL ‘Woman in Science: Epistemic Cracks and Sticky Boundaries’ As a child, I was a keen orienteer. I would spend days attempting to get from point A to point B in the most efficient way. I learnt very quickly, that routes and maps were not always to be trusted, that often there were unexpected features that lay off the grid which could further aid my overall objective. Sim...