Manipulations of fundamental and formant frequencies influence the attractiveness of human male voices

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 561-568

  Feinberg, D R ^a   Jones, B C ^a   Little, A C ^a   Burt, D M ^a   Perrett, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 13844254175     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.06.012     Document Type: Article

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