Expressive speech, with modulation in pitch and volume, and a minimum of noticeable pauses, boosts credibility and enhances the impression of intelligence.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.
Scientists attach great importance to the human capacity for spoken language. But we also have a parallel track of nonverbal communication, which may reveal more than our carefully chosen words, and sometimes be at odds with them.
The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.
Intelligence is usually easy to tell in a 10-minute conversation. Determination is harder.
There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.
Being a comfortable public speaker, which involves easily being able to go off-script, strongly signals competence.
The human brain is a funny thing: it's very susceptible to tempo and melody. You put the right words to it, and it becomes very influential.
People have taught me not to look for intelligence in rockmusic.
An aria in an opera - Handel's 'Ombra mai fu,' for example - gets along with an incredibly small number of words and ideas and a large amount of variation and repetition. That's the beauty of it. It's not taxing to the listener's intelligence because if you haven't heard it the first time round, it'll come around again.
The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.