Embodied cognition explains how physical states and actions can influence our thoughts and feelings. One example is how our voice can impact our well-being. Speaking in a deeper voice, for instance, can make us feel more relaxed and confident.

A study by Stel et al. (2012) supports this idea. Their research found that adopting physical characteristics associated with confidence and relaxation, such as a deeper voice, can indeed lead to an increase in those feelings. This phenomenon illustrates the powerful interplay between our physical expressions and emotional states.

In the video you will get to know several Tips, that will help you to train your voice to sound deeper and relaxed.
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Studies (just a small selection):

Costa, J., Jung, M. F., Czerwinski, M., Guimbretière, F., Le, T., & Choudhury, T. (2018, April). Regulating feelings during interpersonal conflicts by changing voice self-perception. In Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-13).

Jin, W. J., & Park, S. H. (2023). Your voice pitch speaks volumes about you: How voice pitch affects mind perception of the speakers. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62(3), 1230-1250.

Motoki, K., Saito, T., Nouchi, R., Kawashima, R., & Sugiura, M. (2019). A sweet voice: The influence of cross-modal correspondences between taste and vocal pitch on advertising effectiveness. Multisensory research, 32(4-5), 401-427.

Stel, M., Dijk, E. V., Smith, P. K., Dijk, W. W. V., & Djalal, F. M. (2012). Lowering the pitch of your voice makes you feel more powerful and think more abstractly. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(4), 497-502.

Many people know the awkward situation: You meet someone on the street and just want to say hello, and suddenly your voice doesn’t sound relaxed and melodious, but slightly broken. And you think to yourself, “How awkward. That sounded like I wasn’t idiot who can not speak.”

In many ways, our vocal cords are like muscles that need constant exercise. In particular, if we speak little over a long period of time (or speak with incorrect speaking technique over a long period of time), the voice can suffer.

Because of what is called embodied cognition, voice failures can sometimes feel like a personal failure. On the other hand, a relaxed-sounding, deep voice can also have a relaxing effect on the speakern…

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Studies (small sample only):

Foglia, L., & Wilson, R. A. (2013). Embodied cognition. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Cognitive Science, 4(3), 319-325.

Fugate, J. M., Macrine, S. L., & Cipriano, C. (2019). The role of embodied cognition for transforming learning. International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 7(4), 274-288.

Gronau, Q. F., Van Erp, S., Heck, D. W., Cesario, J., Jonas, K. J., & Wagenmakers, E. J. (2017). A Bayesian model-averaged meta-analysis of the power pose effect with informed and default priors: The case of felt power. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 2(1), 123-138.

Marmolejo-Ramos, F., Murata, A., Sasaki, K., Yamada, Y., Ikeda, A., Hinojosa, J. A., … & Ospina, R. (2020). Your face and moves seem happier when I smile. Experimental Psychology.

Röhricht, F., Gallagher, S., Geuter, U., & Hutto, D. D. (2014). Embodied cognition and body psychotherapy: The construction of new therapeutic environments. Sensoria: A Journal of Mind, Brain & Culture, 10(1).

Stel, M., Dijk, E. V., Smith, P. K., Dijk, W. W. V., & Djalal, F. M. (2012). Lowering the pitch of your voice makes you feel more powerful and think more abstractly. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 3(4), 497-502.