Abstract
A task involving the addition of numbers under time pressure was developed. The subject was required to read six meters and to announce the sum of his readings, together with a test phrase. By controlling the duration of the meter display, the experimenter could vary the level of stress induced in the subject. For each of 10 subjects, numerous verbal responses were obtained while the subject was under stress and while he was relaxed. The test phrases contained in these responses were analyzed with respect to level and fundamental frequency, and spectrograms of the test phrases were carefully examined. The results indicate that stress can produce a number of characteristic changes in the acoustic speech signal. Most of these changes are attributable to modifications in the amplitude, frequency, and detailed waveform of the glottal pulses. Other changes result from differences in articulation. [Research supported by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories.]
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