What effect does anger or excitement have on speech rate?

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What effect does anger or excitement have on speech rate?

Anger or excitement increases arousal, which speeds up how you speak. When you’re emotionally aroused, your body activates the sympathetic system, boosting breath support and making the vocal folds vibrate faster. This leads to quicker articulation, shorter pauses, and a more urgent, rapid rhythm. So speech rate tends to rise under these emotions. Slower speech would come from relaxation or fatigue, no change from emotions that don’t affect pace, and abrupt speech describes a harsh, choppy delivery rather than a consistently faster tempo.

Anger or excitement increases arousal, which speeds up how you speak. When you’re emotionally aroused, your body activates the sympathetic system, boosting breath support and making the vocal folds vibrate faster. This leads to quicker articulation, shorter pauses, and a more urgent, rapid rhythm. So speech rate tends to rise under these emotions. Slower speech would come from relaxation or fatigue, no change from emotions that don’t affect pace, and abrupt speech describes a harsh, choppy delivery rather than a consistently faster tempo.

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