Vocal Attractiveness Increases by Averaging

Current Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-120

  Bruckert, Laetitia ^a,b   Bestelmeyer, Patricia ^a   Latinus, Marianne ^a   Rouger, Julien ^a   Charest, Ian ^a   Rousselet, Guillaume A ^a   Kawahara, Hideki ^c   Belin, Pascal ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^c WAKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH;

EID: 74549192033     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.11.034     Document Type: Article

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