he minutes w, we've got some hot tips for your bucket list. magic corner trip hotspot for food and some great cultural memorials to boot w travel off we go 2nd to our science program. welcome to to morrow today. hello v comes to play. it took on. she will not see it are both like marin alembic on fi measure. let island will let all of those videos obvious your foot. this week we share the microphone with a few of our d. w colleagues to welcome you to the show of course, but also to get sample recordings of a variety of voices. except with mr. attorney here we go and

innovative prescribe. can you tell from mirrors voice when you're good? okay, sorry, we explore it to you. i'll go over that i feel so you sort of thought movie up us, you know what we thought and from once, i guess i'd say i'm enthusiastic. i backed myself, has been quite diligent. i think i'm also quite light hearted to does peppers, voice reveal those traits. what our voices say about our characters that and mo, coming up, ah, welcome to to morrow to day this science show on d. w. a recent study found that people with a deeper voice were more likely to be extroverted. the research looked to see if there's a link between vocal characteristics and personality traits. one thing the study found is that personality can, at least in part, be expressed in the tone of

a person's voice. so what does someone's voice say about them? innovative software analyzes vocal characteristics. is this man adventurous love? is this woman introverted? what about him? be on schuler doesn't know any of these people, but he can provide remote insights into their characters. all he needs is a voice sample. the i t specialist is developed an intelligent voice analysis system, and hyphen which is needed few words to analyze personality profiles and emotions. eager to test that claim, we asked catalina, dog and robin to speak into the computer. for us. i left me. i found the computer using those brief samples to analyze what are called the big 5 personality traits as m a. it's in the 1st trade is openness that applies to

experiences and experimenting with new things, then this conscientiousness, which is self explanatory. and on the 3rd trade is extraversion, or how sociable someone is hagley agreeable in this determines how empathetic someone is and how well they work in teams. and on the, on the final tray does neuroticism, which relates to other person, is calm or more emotionally unstable. douglas lobby 1st among the office i took shined. dec seems to be exceptionally interested in experimenting. he's very open to new experiences. noise also open to trying out new things. yeah, sure. well, no, not a good start for the computer. dirt is always on the go. he's an avid beekeeper in his free time visit yoletta garcia's mom. he's also an actor with a wide range of interests. it's awesome. bush vishna,

do our voice is really reveal so much about our character. according to beyond schuler yes. in fact, he says he can even diagnose illnesses via the voice recordings. mr. ms filers, the voice really is the window to the so as if we can tell a lot about moods and ailments, sicknesses, as well as ongoing changes to our health opportunities and out that speakers. the process of speaking involves practically the entire body. we use our lungs are our pipes, and of course the larynx which contains the vocal chords. that's where the voice sound is produced, and that sound is varied by movements in our tongue, lips, and facial muscles. for breathing and exhaling, we also use muscles in our chest and stomach area, including the diaphragm in total, more than $100.00 muscles are used to produce a voice, as well as numerous regions of the brain. feelings of tension, pain, fear,

or depression, affect that complex combination of factors which in turn alters the sound of our voice. and that also happens due to illness damage parkins on younger parkinson's as a neuro degenerative disorder that affects motor skills, latortia and growth. on among the early symptoms as long as there's an impact on the small muscles that we use to produce our voice. in contrast to the voice of a healthy person, ah, the voice of some one with parkinson's might be hoarse. 7 ah, research is working to determine parkinson's in its early phases from voice analyses, they've also been able to identify other disorders like autism, 80 h, d, and depression. the program is accurate between 70 and 90 percent of the time. it works because they have

a database of hundreds of voice samples from diagnosed patient and someone sits on them from them back to our personality test with doug, besides openness, which other traits has the voice analysis system attributed to him. took the here on slide, took has a slight tendency towards introversion, that means he's a bit happier alone than when he's around the people. lot of them is mr. would care would probably surprise people who don't know me well, but i really liked being on my own. another bull's eye for the computer if you will attest, work so well on cancer fina oh. she, i'm working in her and show up in tokyo and in her cafe. her voice seems very extroverted. i've been to the him, won't of him. i'm greek. and when i talk to my family or my husband and my voice keeps getting louder, a lot of people than course fighting, even though we're not about this is me. so let's see what the computer reckons over

there. shake the catalina's inmates. and compared to dirk, we can see that katerina is pretty balanced often as of course, despite the fact that some people might have a different perception of her voice. you know, it's actually quite balanced indian wells, english might. in fact, she rapes as average across the big 5 and them into yes, somewhere in the middle. yeah, i'd agree, dinky the computer, got it right again. what about robin? he's currently planning a trip to nepal for a hiking tool. and in general, he's the spotty type and ambitious betron, but a lot of thought into what i do and i like to keep things under control. a lot of my friends can confirm that stating to myself on that one couple underway. oh, fun, fun of natal applewood man who owns with hobbins. we don't we take a look at robin's values. we see that his extroversion does deviate from the average low. according to the voice analysis,

robin is quite introverted and self reflective. the level of his other personality traits on average. but robin has a totally different opinion of himself. establish, i see myself a significantly more conscientious and open and agreeable on odd stella and soon did the computer get it wrong this time or doesn't know us better than we know ourselves. the accuracy of the personality test is pretty high, but the human psyche isn't completely transparent, at least not yet. when we speak, we generate vibrations in the air that spread out in sound waves. the speed at which those waves move depends on the temperature and pressure of the surrounding air. in dry air at 20 degrees celsius, sound can travel at 1236 kilometers an hour. that brings us to this week's

new question, which comes from no. he medina in paraguay. why is sound slower than light? during a thunderstorm we see lightning immediately, while thunder is only heard after a brief delay. it was albert einstein who 1st discovered that nothing moves faster than light. zooming through the vacuum of space at 300000 kilometers per 2nd. light waves don't need a medium to carry them. ah, like drops of water, they spread out in all directions. this also applies to sound waves.

loud music causes the membrane of loud speakers to vibrate. these vibrations cause the air molecules in front of the loudspeaker to vibrate to creating sound waves that emanate from the source of the sound. it's like balls floating on top of a pool of water that begin bobbing up and down when a child swims by. once the child moves on, the balls is slowly come to rest again. a sound needs a medium to carry it in the air, it travels 340 meters per 2nd. in water sound reaches nearly 1500 meters per 2nd. that's because water is denser than air. and in concrete, it travels at 3700 meters per 2nd, the denser and stiffer a material, the faster the sound waves can reverberate through it. but space is

a vacuum. there's no air, so we wouldn't be able to hear a guitar. because sound waves, don't forget, need matter to transmit the vibrations as a result. sound waves can never move as quickly as light. ah, if i was what is read, why i to you of the science question. then send it in to us by video, text or voicemail. if we answer it on the show, we'll send you a little surprise as a thank you. come on. just ask you can find us on the web at d, w dot com slash signs and on twitter. welcome to hotel guy. what time is brit with visitors checking into this hotel have to

into act with robots. it's something most guests need a while to get used to. but in the future, robots and service roles could easy become commonplace. assistance that don't stand on 2 legs are already quite stand it. and even threatened to supplant out 4 legged friends with alexis switched the light on his stomach. did you sleep well? a google this. could you make me a coffee coffee? i'm on it. tell me. once tommy's closest companion valid, he could find himself playing catch up in the future. man's best friend may have to compete increasingly with the likes of alexa serie and other virtual assistance or surgery last night was a nightmare. again. what happened?

you seemed down. how about a joke to cheer you up? right now, it's still the stuff of hollywood that we could just talk with our virtual assistant and have them fulfill our every wish. but perhaps one day, our very companions might be replaced by virtual assistant, like alexa. alexa, thanks for the nasal spray. you always know what i need right when i need it. no problem. tell me. i've got to know you inside and out. is this how things will be in the future? will man's best friend be replaced by virtual assistant? nicole kramer is convinced that even though we're not that far yet, we could be soon at the university of deuce. berg essence. she researches how

talking robots and virtual assistants of influence. our emotions. i've just drawn, the hardest part assist. today's virtual assistants are very good at answering questions on a relatively narrow range of topics of until often i will. the kinds of questions typically posed to these devices and log in with most people use assistance like alexa to play music ashby on so latin, that's pretty standard these days. we ask questions and thanks to artificial intelligence, virtual assistant, answer immediately. alexa, how do i get from here to clone? dinged the fastest route is 53 minutes via the a 3 and the b. 55 a i'm in a fairly normal exchange, but we're a long way off from communicating with machines. offish boss asked him and what these devices still don't do particularly well is engage in any kind of small talk and talked to juan. wished i had the machine's communications capabilities are still very limited to phone. call to the thought. what to davy yesterday guess.

yesterday i had pizza. how about you on 2 night? unfortunately, i can't taste anything, so i can't reading judge, but as long as you liked it, that's what matters. yeah. was his teammate. but nicole kramer prove with her experiments that even this limited form of communication is sufficient to provoke a behavioral response in human test subjects. that was a pilot. the assistance can elicit social reactions in a pretty easily and guns. an important element that we've seen in many studies is language, and it awakens things inside of us. like our natural communication skills and desire for social interaction, found it online. sorry, what do you like doing most disc? the same thing if you talking to someone on the other side of the screen for you, most of have you ever been in love and no one ever, but it sounds fascinating. oh,

today's virtual assistant communicate with ready made answers. an actual understanding of language is much more complex, but artificial intelligence enables them to learn more as they communicate with us and keep developing on their own. in the process, they gather huge amounts of data without being monitored to that could make them extremely profitable blanket. i don't think she risk honest, my 1st name it in 2018 amazon. got a patent for technology designed to recognize a person's physical and emotional state by a voice analysis and then generate advertisements accordingly. so in other words, if alexa determines that its owner is ill in a bad mood or even depressed, it offers to order various products to hell. linux. alexa, what's the time? was it 6? 12 p n? can i order you something to make you feel better? a funny movie st. john's, what tablets z theory has he like me?

i at my angler deeply with double. so amazon has patented the process of identifying our physical and psychological well being. alexa listened intently and recommend suitable products on amazon. he saw so in that today there are many opportunities to develop and improve the services that virtual assistants provide photography from vito's. so for beth on, ah, but on an ethical level, we have to ask ourselves if these subconscious reactions that we've observed are open to abuse. in addition to uses moods, the patent also allows alexa to compile other data, including browsing, history, clicks, shopping information, and additional metadata, all of which helps to suggest suitable advertisements. but for the time being varsity will remain tommy's best. friend, alex alexa lights out. ah,

we asked you what you think about virtual assistance like siri or alexa, and whether you use them in your daily life. diego says he does, because alexa understands his taste in music and even knows that if she recommends could recon sing a bad bunny. he'll switch her off for good theory on the other hand, has never used a smart assistant. in fact, he's never even heard of siri or alexa. rodolfo knows about them, but never uses them. he's too worried about security and privacy, and he says they're not much use around the house or for other activities. anyway. ali rights when i've nothing else to do, i might ask siri to start an app on my smartphone. sometimes i'll ask for the weather full cost. leander is not a fan, he says flying cars, justice in latin america and voice use interface will never function properly.

thank for your comments. when in days of your keeping animals usually served to practical purpose to perform work on farms, oh god, holmes. nowadays pets are valued primarily for their companionship. animals can have a calming effect and ease loneliness. can they also help people deal with traumatic experiences? oh, how helpful is animal assisted therapy ah, moon, donkey therapy in bottom forward hamburg, and southeastern germany. 2 years ago, elementary school teacher, christiana adam, had a deeply traumatic experience. a student attacked one of her colleagues with a knife. they kept not afloat in the 1st thing i saw was blood. at 1st i thought she'd collapsed. i ran around the corner thinking the children in my class must be

lying dead in a pool of blood. she suffered 3 episodes of acute hearing loss and also develop tinnitis. adam was eventually diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder law. had mentioned, i couldn't trust people any more. i was on the brink of feeling that i no longer wanted contact with anyone who mentioned hot donkey therapy, helped her regain her trust in people. but does it really work? studies show that spending time with animals has therapeutic benefits. therapist greiner of orford explains why petting them helps commerce down. and we as it is by the sea of stroking animals like donkeys releases, oxytocin, serotonin and opening in our brain wasn't even home. that's a very positive home on cocktail display. as a result, the parts of the brain responsible for stress and the perception of external stimuli, the ones that make his active wine down. well,

we'll look at pagan. today's therapy session involves a gentle stroll through the countryside. but then the therapist confronts the patient and the donkey with a difficult challenge as a bridge is very daunting for a donkey. it's very narrow and there's a noisy stream below. it wouldn't cross it voluntarily. so if you're going to lead it across, you need to be very determined taco, the donkey knows the bridge well and crosses it without hesitation. but it's a new experience for christiana adam's donkey leo. well, he rise to the challenge. he passes the test with flying colors. yeah, he's in his team. we're a team, that's the 1st thing i thought. well john lee. oh good. good. some people believe that animals are much like therapists, but i know volkhart puts it slightly differently. and t m a can never be

a therapist. it's an assistant, a co therapist, but never an actual therapist, therapist guides the whole process. and obviously an animal can do that. and his current in it, in this addiction treatment center and feel bar in western central germany therapy . animals help patients adjust to a life without drugs and off the streets. alexander shania has been here for 3 months. he's managed to stay clean so far and is proud of his achievement guns, guns. i'd really hit rock bottom lesson gets collected bottles to get a bit of money. and i did that so that i could buy alcohol. i drank every day. so i started drinking the minute i woke up, sometimes a 2 or 3 in the morning if i were not. so i never felt any withdrawal symptoms does

come in to come in. i drank 2 to 3 bottles of vodka a day to see a flash and what 2 or 3 bottles of wine? hi, flushing every day does take place it was a low point in his life. first, try not 3 times i nearly died. sly overdosed on heroin. twice in love, i used to be addicted. i o. d. twice in the last time i was in a coma for 11 days. ha ha! if tug in coma, therapist, linda klein. and nelly have helped him recover machine guns and talking about if you're intoxicated all day, you don't have a sense of your body. they're just drawn out with most patients. i notice that this treatment comes them down a life in. we got the addon, but is animal assisted therapy backed up by research. you are him yes and

his team say the statistics speak for themselves. become guns, club league, but it, but we can definitely prove that patients who work with animal for a period of 10, we are 30.8 percent more likely to complete their treatment than those who don't deduct this guitar. so spending time with animals means the treatment is more likely to be successful even so animal assisted therapy has its critics. you can take it criticism is that neither the animals nor the therapists are properly trained. in many training programs, the focus is very much on the animals and not on the team of the team. the german animal welfare federation says the wild animal assisted therapy poses a threat to animal welfare. one example as dolphin therapy that takes place in cram pools and using wild animals and animal assisted interventions is very problematic. especially keeping dolphins cooped up since they swim such long

distances in the wild. the problem with animal assisted therapy training is that there is a wide range of providers, but there are no uniform training and quality standards. in germany, there are some 300 training centers for animal assisted therapy. oh, i'd say in the animal intervention therapy provide, as i know of 20 to 30 percent, are actually qualified and 70 to 80 percent aren't really quite critic say it's important that training and animal assisted therapy programs improves for the benefit of both the patients and the animals, but christiana adam and alexander shimaya say they wouldn't have got better without it max, nor does i just know it does me good. i'm thinking about working with animals on a farm for an animal sanctuary. one day he had an open field,

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