Name: 为什么你不喜欢自己的声音 (Why you don't like the sound of your own voice )
Uploaded: 2018-05-29T07:54:11.000Z
Duration: 12 min 43 s

well, at some point we started standing on our feet,

好了，在某些時候，我們開始 站在我們的腳。

became biped and became the masters of our environment.

變成了雙足，成為了我們環境的主人。

Others will say that because our brain started growing much bigger,

也有人會說，因為我們的大腦開始變大了很多。

that we were able to have much more complex cognitive processes.

我們能夠有更復雜的認知過程。

And others might argue that it's because we developed language

而另一些人可能會說，這是因為我們開發的語言

Interestingly, those three phenomena are all connected.

有趣的是，這三種現象都是相通的。

我們不確定如何或以何種順序進行。

with the change of shape of a little bone in the back of your neck

that changed the angle between our head and our body.

這改變了我們的頭和身體之間的角度。

but also for our brain to evolve in the back

但也是為了讓我們的大腦在後面進化

and for our voice box to grow from seven centimeters for primates

並讓我們的語音箱從靈長類動物的七釐米長到

to 11 and up to 17 centimetres for humans.

到11釐米，人的身高可達17釐米。

And this is called the descent of the larynx.

And the larynx is the site of your voice.

When baby humans are born today, their larynx is not descended yet.

今天人類寶寶出生時，他們的喉部還沒有降生。

That only happens at about three months old.

這隻有在三個月左右的時候才會發生。

所以，比喻說，我們每個人都在這裡。

has relived the evolution of our whole species.

已經重溫了我們整個物種的進化過程。

when you were starting to develop in your mother's womb,

當你在母親的子宮裡開始發育的時候'。

the first sensation that you had coming from the outside world,

at only three weeks old, when you were about the size of a shrimp,

在只有三個星期大的時候， 當你是關於蝦的大小。

coming from the vibrations of your mother's voice.

So, as we can see, the human voice is quite meaningful and important

所以，我們可以看到，人的聲音是相當有意義的，也是相當重要的。

this is how we communicate and create bonds,

這就是我們溝通和創造紐帶的方式。

and at the personal and interpersonal levels --

以及在個人和人際關係層面上 -- -- --

with our voice, we share much more than words and data,

通過我們的聲音，我們分享的遠不止是文字和數據。

And our voice is indistinguishable from how other people see us.

而我們的聲音和別人對我們的看法是分不開的。

But our relationship with our own voice is far from obvious.

但我們與自己的聲音的關係遠非明顯。

We rarely use our voice for ourselves; we use it as a gift to give to others.

我們很少為自己用嗓子，而是把嗓子當作禮物送給別人。

But what do we think about our own voice?

if you don't like the sound of your voice when you hear it on a recording machine.

如果你不喜歡你的聲音，當你聽到它在錄音機上。

most people report not liking the sound of their voice recording.

大多數人都表示不喜歡他們的錄音聲音。

Let's try to understand that in the next 10 minutes.

讓我們在接下來的10分鐘裡試著去理解。

我'是麻省理工學院媒體實驗室的研究員。

and my research focuses on the relationship

而我的研究主要集中在以下關係上

people have with their own voice and with the voices of others.

人們對自己的聲音和他人的聲音都有。

I study what we can learn from listening to voices,

我研究的是我們可以從傾聽聲音中學到什麼。

from neurology to biology, cognitive sciences, linguistics.

從神經學到生物學、認知科學、語言學。

In our group we create tools and experiences

在我們的團隊中，我們創造工具和經驗

to help people gain a better applied understanding of their voice

以幫助人們更好地瞭解自己的聲音的應用。

或者只是為了更好地瞭解自己。

And this really has to come with a holistic approach on the voice.

而這真的要在聲音上有一個整體的方法。

Because, think about all the applications and implications

that the voice may have, as we discover more about it.

的聲音可能有，隨著我們發現更多關於它。

你的聲音是一個非常複雜的現象。

It requires a synchronization of more than 100 muscles in your body.

它需要全身100多塊肌肉的同步配合。

we can understand possible failures of what happens inside.

我們可以理解裡面發生的可能的故障。

listening to very specific types of turbulences

can help predict very early stages of Parkinson's,

可以幫助預測帕金森的早期階段's。

Listening to the breathness of the voice can help detect heart disease.

傾聽聲音的呼吸可以幫助發現心臟病。

And we also know that the changes of tempo inside individual words

而且我們也知道，個別詞裡面的節奏變化。

Your voice is also very linked with your hormone levels.

你的聲音與你的荷爾蒙水準也有很大的聯繫。

were able to very accurately place the speaker

And now with technology listening to us all the time,

而現在隨著科技的發展，我們一直在傾聽。

might be able to predict if you're pregnant

Think about the ethical application of that.

Your voice is also very linked to how you create relationships.

你的聲音與你如何創造關係也有很大的聯繫。

You have a different voice for every person you talk to.

你和每個人說話都有不同的聲音。

If I take a little snippet of your voice and I analyze it,

如果我從你的聲音中提取一個小片段，然後我分析它。

I can know whether you're talking to your mother, to your brother,

我可以知道你是否在和你的母親，和你的哥哥說話。

We can also use, as a predictor, the vocal posture.

我們也可以用，預測發聲的姿勢。

Meaning, how you decide to place your voice when you talk to someone.

意思是說，當你和別人說話時，你決定如何擺放你的聲音。

And you vocal posture, when you talk to your spouse,

而你發聲的姿勢，當你和配偶說話時。

can help predict not only if, but also when you will divorce.

不僅可以幫助預測是否離婚，還可以幫助預測何時離婚。

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为什么你不喜欢自己的声音 (Why you don't like the sound of your own voice )

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