Do babyfaced adults receive more help? The (cross-cultural) case of the lost resume

Journal of Nonverbal Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-109

  Keating, Caroline F ^a   Randall, David W ^a   Kendrick, Timothy ^a   Gutshall, Katharine A ^a  

^a Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Evolution; Faces; Helping; Neoteny

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038323155     PISSN: 01915886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023962425692     Document Type: Article

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