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DFG-Funding renewed for second phase of gender correlates in children's voices

The second phase of the project "Die akustischen und perzeptuellen Korrelate von Geschlecht in Kinderstimmen" has been approved by the DFG and is expected to start in autumn 2024.
Primary School Age Children high fiving
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The second phase of the project "Die akustischen und perzeptuellen Korrelate von Geschlecht in Kinderstimmen" has been approved by the DFG and is expected to start in autumn 2024.

"The acoustic and perceptual correlates of gender in children's voices" – The aim of the project led by Riccarda Funk and Prof. Dr. Adrian P. Simpson of the FSU Jena is to identify perceptual and acoustic correlates in prepubertal voices that lead to robust or ambivalent gender judgments. The study also examines the relationship between these correlates and thechildren's gender role self-concept / gender conformity.