Women's physical and psychological condition independently predict their preference for apparent health in faces

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 451-457

  Jones, Benedict Christopher ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Boothroyd, Lynda ^c   Feinberg, David R ^c   Cornwell, R Elisabeth ^c   DeBruine, Lisa M ^d   Roberts, S Craig ^b   Penton Voak, Ian S ^e   Law Smith, Miriam J ^c   Moore, Fhionna R ^c   Davis, Hasker P ^f   Perrett, David I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attraction; Health; Individual differences; Stress; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644577689     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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