Averageness, exaggeration, and facial attractiveness

Psychological Science

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 105-110

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Tremewan, Tanya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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EID: 1542471886     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.1996.tb00338.x     Document Type: Article

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