Does Women’s Hair Signal Reproductive Potential?

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 166-172

  Hinsz, Verlin B ^a   Matz, David C ^b   Patience, Rebecca A ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035644509     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jesp.2000.1450     Document Type: Article

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