Stress and deception in speech: Evaluating layered voice analysis

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 642-650

  Harnsberger, James D ^a   Hollien, Harry ^a   Martin, Camilo A ^a   Hollien, Kevin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Forensic Communication Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Deception; Forensic science; Layered voice analysis; Phonetics; Psychological stress; Speech; Voice stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECUMBENCY; SCIENTIST; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STRESS; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECEPTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIE DETECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VOICE;

EID: 65349159814     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2009.01026.x     Document Type: Article

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