Perception and judgement of whispered vocalisations

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-129

  Cirillo, Jasmin ^a   Todt, Dietmar ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affiliation and bonding; Ingroup outgroup effects; Nonverbal communication; Unvoiced speech; Whispering

Indexed keywords

EID: 24344486880     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539053627758     Document Type: Article

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