What the voice reveals: Within- and between-category stereotyping on the basis of voice

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 806-819

  Ko, Sei Jin ^a,b   Judd, Charles M ^b   Blair, Irene V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic characteristics; Gender; Stereotyping; Vocal femininity; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33646391502     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: 15527433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167206286627     Document Type: Article

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