Hormones and temporal components of speech: Sex differences and effects of menstrual cyclicity on speech

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 44-47

  Whiteside, Sandra P ^a   Hanson, Anna ^a   Cowell, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Menstrual cycle; Sex differences; Speech; Voice onset time; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING; VOICE;

EID: 4043093488     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.05.076     Document Type: Article

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