The Sound of Intellect: Speech Reveals a Thoughtful Mind, Increasing a Job Candidate’s Appeal

Psychological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 877-891

  Schroeder, Juliana ^a   Epley, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; decision making; mind perception; open data; social cognition; speech; voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPEECH; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; CUES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930526332     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797615572906     Document Type: Article

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