Symmetry and human facial attractiveness

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 295-307

  Perrett, David I ^a,b   Burt, D Michael ^b   Penton Voak, Ian S ^b   Lee, Kieran J ^b   Rowland, Duncan A ^b   Edwards, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Asymmetry; Face; Fluctuating; Human

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001504566     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1090-5138(99)00014-8     Document Type: Article

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