Sounds like a winner: Voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1738, 2012, Pages 2698-2704

  Klofstad, Casey A ^a   Anderson, Rindy C ^b   Peters, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Perception; Voice pitch; Voting

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VOICE;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITCH PERCEPTION; POLITICS; SEX FACTORS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84987749259     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.0311     Document Type: Article

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