The role of femininity and averageness of voice pitch in aesthetic judgments of women's voices

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 615-623

  Feinberg, David R ^a,c   Debruine, Lisa M ^a,b   Jones, Benedict C ^b   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 44349189179     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5514     Document Type: Article

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