Racial characteristics and individual differences in women's evaluations of men's facial attractiveness and personality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1083-1092

  Wade, T Joel ^a   Irvine, Kristin ^a   Cooper, Marjorie ^b  

^a BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Facial perception; Masculinity femininity; Parental investment; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0742289194     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(03)00202-2     Document Type: Article

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