Are average and symmetric faces attractive to infants? Discrimination and looking preferences

Perception

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 315-321

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Geddes, Keren ^a   Jeffery, Linda ^a   Dziurawiec, Suzanne ^b   Clark, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ESTHETICS; EYE MOVEMENT; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; VISION;

ADULT; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ESTHETICS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036366906     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3129     Document Type: Article

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