The Sound of Power: Conveying and Detecting Hierarchical Rank Through Voice

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-14

  Ko, Sei Jin ^a   Sadler, Melody S ^a   Galinsky, Adam D ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

open data; open materials; social cognition; social perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; PITCH PERCEPTION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921044387     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614553009     Document Type: Article

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