Men's voices as dominance signals: vocal fundamental and formant frequencies influence dominance attributions among men

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 340-344

  Puts, David Andrew ^a   Hodges, Carolyn R ^b   Cárdenas, Rodrigo A ^a   Gaulin, Steven J C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance; Formant frequency; Fundamental frequency; Intrasexual competition; Sexual selection; Voice pitch

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547838944     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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