Expressing your feelings is far from easy, even less so when you try to do it out loud. Stress, anxiety and shyness do not help matters. A few reckless people leave voicemails, but it seems that we have more chance of reaching the recipient by pouring out our feelings in writing. These are the conclusions of a study which shows that romance is more expressive by e-mail than by telephone. The electronic way would increase the chances of the amorous message having an effect.
The study, which was carried out by American researchers from Bloomington University in Indiana, was reported by the Newser site. The research involved 72 people aged 18 to 34. They were asked to send e-mails and leave voicemails of a romantic or purely informative nature. During the operation, sensory sensors, placed on their faces, picked up muscle movements, indicative of negative or positive emotions. Other sensors, at the level of the feet, measured their degree of excitement.
Results ? Romantic emails generated more emotion than voicemails. As the researchers point out, written messages are generally more positive with more thoughtful and carefully chosen words. A wealth of content therefore that emanates from a desire to compensate for the coldness of a means of communication incapable of transmitting the tone of the voice. Moreover, the vocal message, which still has the advantage of transmitting the emotion of the voice, is confronted with the limits of recording in one take. It can be deleted and re-saved but not improved, whereas an e-mail is easily modified, thus allowing you to clarify and develop your thoughts.
It turns out that a previous study showed that voice was a good way to connect people. According to Alan R. Dennis, one of the authors of this study, this change is explained by the habituation of millennials to e-mail:“our respondents grew up with e-mail and texting. These means of communication are not as artificial as one might think. We should go back and reconsider our received ideas about these two mediums given how people react physiologically. »
