Women's own voice pitch predicts their preferences for masculinity in men's voices

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 767-772

  Vukovic, Jovana ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a   Debruine, Lisa ^a   Feinberg, David R ^b   Smith, Finlay G ^a   Little, Anthony C ^c   Welling, Lisa L M ^a   Main, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fundamental frequency; masculinity; mate preferences; sexual dimorphism; vocal attractiveness

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VOCALIZATION;

EID: 77954360101     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arq051     Document Type: Article

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