Real men don't look down: Direction of gaze affects sex decisions on faces

Visual Cognition

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 393-412

  Campbell, Ruth ^a,c   Wallace, Simon ^a   Benson, Philip J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038927285     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/135062896395643     Document Type: Article

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