Preferences for very low and very high voice pitch in humans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Re, Daniel E ^a   O'Connor, Jillian J M ^a   Bennett, Patrick J ^a   Feinberg, David R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PITCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE ANALYSIS; HEARING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VOICE;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; PITCH PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857778309     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032719     Document Type: Article

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