A domain-specific opposite-sex bias in human preferences for manipulated voice pitch

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   Feinberg, David R ^b   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^c   Vukovic, Jovana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attraction; fundamental frequency; mate choice; mate preference; sexual dimorphism; sexual selection; vocal cue

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BIOACOUSTICS; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; VOCALIZATION; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 72149101513     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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