@article{ref1,
title="Women's voice pitch is negatively correlated with health risk factors",
journal="Journal of evolutionary psychology",
year="2010",
author="Vukovic, Jovana and Feinberg, David R. and DeBruine, Lisa and Smith, Finlay G. and Jones, Benedict C.",
volume="8",
number="3",
pages="217-225",
abstract="Previous studies have demonstrated that men prefer women's voices with relatively high pitch to those with low pitch, suggesting that men may use voice pitch as a cue of women's mate quality. However, evidence that voice pitch is a cue to women's long-term health is equivocal. Here we present evidence that women's average speaking voice pitch is negatively correlated with a health risk index derived from principle component analysis of various body measurements that are known to predict long-term health outcomes in women (weight, body mass index, percentage body fat, waist and hip circumference, and waist-hip ratio). Our results suggest that voice pitch is a cue to women's long-term health, supporting mate-choice accounts of men's preferences for raised pitch in women's voices. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved) (journal abstract)<p />",
language="",
issn="1789-2082",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}