Preadolescents’ recognition of faces of unfamiliar peers: The effect of attractiveness of faces

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 453-471

  Mallet, Pascal ^a   Lallemand, Noëlle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Development; Face recognition; Typicality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347692807     PISSN: 00221325     EISSN: 19400896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221320309597889     Document Type: Article

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