Attractiveness of facial averageness and symmetry in non-western cultures: In search of biologically based standards of beauty

Perception

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 611-625

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Sakiko ^b,c   Clark, Alison ^a   Kieran, Lee ^a   McKay, Ryan ^a   Akamatsu, Shigeru ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ESTHETICS; ETHNOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; JAPAN; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; CULTURE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; JAPAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035223783     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3123     Document Type: Article

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