Vocal indices of stress: A review

Journal of Voice

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 390.e21-390.e29

  Giddens, Cheryl L ^a   Barron, Kirk W ^b   Byrd Craven, Jennifer ^a   Clark, Keith F ^c   Winter, A Scott ^d  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c St Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City   (United States)

^d University of North Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Beta adrenergic blockade; Cold pressor; Deception; Detection; Emotion; Fundamental frequency; Gender; Guilt; Jitter; Menstrual cycle; Neurohumoral; Performance; Pilot; Propranolol; Shimmer; Stress; Sympathetic nervous system; Tremor; Voice

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY FEEDBACK; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECEPTION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXTRAVERSION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GUILT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LARYNX MUSCLE; MENTAL STRESS; PERFORMANCE ANXIETY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PULSE RATE; RESTING HEART RATE; SALIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SPACE FLIGHT; SPEECH RATE; STRESS; TACHYCARDIA; TREMOR; VOICE; VOICE ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84876956199     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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