Acoustic Distinctions in the Speech of Male Psychopaths

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 375-384

  Louth, Shirley M ^a   Williamson, Sherrie ^b   Alpert, Murray ^c   Pouget, Enrique R ^c   Hare, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOPATHY; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADULT; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0032065286     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023207821867     Document Type: Article

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