Looking smart and looking good: Facial cues to intelligence and their origins

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 238-249

  Zebrowitz, Leslie A ^a   Hall, Judith A ^b   Murphy, Nora A ^b   Rhodes, Gillian ^c  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 23044531511     PISSN: 01461672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0146167202282009     Document Type: Review

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