Effects of the height of the internal features of faces on adults' aesthetic ratings and 5-month-olds' looking times

Perception

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 839-850

  Geldart, Sybil ^a   Maurer, Daphne ^a   Henderson, Heather ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETICS; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0033249904     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p2943     Document Type: Article

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