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Speech Spectrum’s Correlation with Speakers’ Eysenck Personality Traits 1 1 2 1,3 Chao Hu , Qiandong Wang , Lindsey A. Short , Genyue Fu * 1 Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China, 2 Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, 3 Hangzhou College for Kindergarten Teachers, Zhejiang Normal University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China Abstract The current study explored the correlation between speakers’ Eysenck personality traits and speech spectrum parameters. Forty-six subjects completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. They were instructed to verbally answer the questions shown on a computer screen and their responses were recorded by the computer. Spectrum parameters of /sh/ and /i/ were analyzed by Praat voice software. Formant frequencies of the consonant /sh/ in lying responses were significantly lower than that in truthful responses, whereas no difference existed on the vowel /i/ speech spectrum. The second formant bandwidth of the consonant /sh/ speech spectrum was significantly correlated with the personality traits of Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism, and the correlation differed between truthful and lying responses, whereas the first formant frequency of the vowel /i/ speech spectrum was negatively correlated with Neuroticism in both response types. The results suggest that personality characteristics may be conveyed through the human voice, although the extent to which these effects are due to physiological differences in the organs associated with speech or to a general Pygmalion effect is yet unknown. Citation: Hu C, Wang Q, Short LA, Fu G (2012) Speech Spectrum’s Correlation with Speakers’ Eysenck Personality Traits. PLoS ON