In the Beginning Was the Familiar Voice: Personally Familiar Voices in the Evolutionary and Contemporary Biology of Communication

Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 146-159

  Sidtis, Diana ^a,b   Kreiman, Jody ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary biology; Neuropsychology of voice; Personal voice recognition; Self and voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860427266     PISSN: 19324502     EISSN: 19363567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12124-011-9177-4     Document Type: Article

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