Vocal and physiological changes in response to the physical attractiveness of conversational partners

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 155-167

  Hughes, Susan M ^a   Farley, Sally D ^b   Rhodes, Bradley C ^a  

^a ALBRIGHT COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Physiological responses; Romantic attraction; Vocal changes; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954458340     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10919-010-0087-9     Document Type: Article

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