The sound of symmetry revisited: Subjective and objective analyses of voice

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-108

  Hughes, Susan M ^a   Pastizzo, Matthew J ^b   Gallup Jr , Gordon G ^c  

^a ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Digit ratios; Fluctuating asymmetry (FA); Spectrogram analysis; Voice attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849145710     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-007-0042-6     Document Type: Article

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