The effects of average fundamental frequency and variance of fundamental frequency on male vocal attractiveness to women

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 55-61

  Riding, David ^a   Lonsdale, Deryle ^a   Brown, Bruce ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Average fundamental frequency; Male vocal attractiveness; Variance of fundamental frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746657234     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-006-0005-3     Document Type: Article

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