The magic of voices: Why we like some singers' voices and not others


by Phys.org

Phys.org— Many famous singers have distinctive voices. But why do we prefer some singers to others? A team of researchers led by the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics (MPIEA) in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has investigated what determines our preferences for singing voices. The results are published open-access in the journal Scientific Reports.

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