Evolutionary psychology of facial attractiveness

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 154-158

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Penton Voak, Ian ^b  

^a LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Evolutionary psychology; Face; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036026174     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.00190     Document Type: Article

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