Intrasexual competition among women: Vocal femininity affects perceptions of attractiveness and flirtatiousness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 111-115

  Puts, David A ^a   Barndt, Julia L ^a   Welling, Lisa L M ^a   Dawood, Khytam ^a   Burriss, Robert P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formant; Fundamental frequency; Mate choice; Pitch; Sexual selection; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957919741     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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