Olfactic and Vocalic Cues: Use of Smells and Voice

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Olfactic and Vocalic Cues Use of Smells and Voice
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Definitions

• Olfactic
• Study of communication via scent and smell
• Vocalic
• Study of qualities of the voice, excluding the
  words themselves that creates meaning

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Olfactic Messages

• Messages of attraction
• Messages to aid memory and learning
• Messages that aid in creating mood
• Messages of identification

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Olfactic Phenomena

• Smell blindness
• Smell adaptation
• Smell memory
• Smell overload
• Smell discrimination

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Structural Features of the Voice

• Voice qualities vocalic behaviors related to
  speech
• Pitch
• Articulation
• Tempo
• Rhythm
• Resonance
• Vocal lip control

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Structural Features of the Voice

• Vocalizations specific sounds uttered,
  unrelated to speech/language
• Vocal characterizers
• Vocal qualifiers
• Vocal segregates

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Functions of Vocalic Cues

• Six ways in which vocalic cues influence verbal
  communication
• Repetition
• Complementarity
• Accenting
• Substitution (e.g., yawns, laughter, uh-huh)
• Regulation (e.g., using fillers, sighing)
• Contradiction