Physical attractiveness and health: Comment on Weeden and Sabini (2005)

Psychological Bulletin

Volumn 131, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 658-661

  Grammer, Karl ^a   Møller, Anders P ^b   Fink, Bernhard ^c   Manning, John T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Evolution; Fluctuating asymmetry; Health; Human

Indexed keywords

ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

BEAUTY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY;

EID: 26844523143     PISSN: 00332909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0033-2909.131.5.658     Document Type: Review

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