The introduction of familiar voices aims at increasing the bottom-up stimulus strength by adding emotional valence, which should make it easier to attend to the presented stimuli and will provide us with important information regarding the processing of emotional and self-relevant information in the absence of an explicit cognitive demand.
Smartphones began as two-way pagers (no voice capability) aimed at e-mail addicted executives.
The new Nintendo DS system moves beyond its current Game Boy player to incorporate two standard-shaped video screens, to add voice recognition aimed at allowing players to instruct characters how to move, and to include networking so that players will be able to use WiFi hotspots to engage in remote Internet play.
The poised art-rock of Strange, wherein she delivers an arch kiss-off to a married lover, has the rawness of Patti Smith; on Walk Alone, her hurt peal of a voice aims barbed regrets at the back of a departing beau.
While this sounds as if Voice Tutor is aimed at professionals, its interface is so straightforward and its instructions so clear that it may help singers of all stripes improve their voices, from warm-ups through vocal exercises to cool-downs.
As important as the branding is for sales, "One Voice" is also aimed at HP employees themselves, who are increasingly asked to look outside their individual divisions, and work to sell the company as a whole, looking for added revenue, and building new products, like expensive printing systems tied to HP data centers, that cross traditional lines of business.
The advertisements, with the actor Steve Martin providing voice-overs, are aimed at the wealthiest households in America, those with $1 million or more to invest.
Asha Parkinson, 17, from Bushey, Hertfordshire, who started a music project called Voices Beyond Divisions, aimed at bringing children together to sing for peace.
"I don't agree with Obama on everything but I respect him and I trust him," Ed, from North Carolina, says in the video, a line seen as voicing a perspective aimed at attracting liberals and independents who have criticised some of Mr Obama's policies.
"We see the petition as a first step," said Kelly Hayes, cofounder of Lifted Voices, an organization aimed at defending the lives and rights of women and non-binary people of color.
