The influence of vocal training and acting experience on measures of voice quality and emotional genuineness

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue MAR, 2014, Pages

  Livingstone, Steven R ^a,b   Choi, Deanna H ^c   Russo, Frank A ^a,b  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acting; Emotion; Emotional genuineness; Individual differences; Linear mixed models; Singing; Training; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897947334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00156     Document Type: Article

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