Voice pitch alters mate-choice-relevant perception in hunter-gatherers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1659, 2009, Pages 1077-1082

  Apicella, Coren L ^a   Feinberg, David R ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attributions; Hunter gatherers; Vocal attractiveness; Voice pitch

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; PERCEPTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 60049095287     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1542     Document Type: Article

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