Child-directed speech prosody in adolescents: Relationship to 2D:4D, empathy, and attitudes towards children

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 610-615

  Kempe, Vera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2D:4D digit ratio; Child directed speech; Empathising Quotient; Pitch; Pitch range; Sex; Speech rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649378404     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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