The influence of sexual orientation on participants' judgements of facial attractiveness in older women

Sexualities, Evolution and Gender

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-152

  Nash, Rebecca ^a   Fieldman, George ^a   Hussey, Trevor ^a  

^a BUCKINGHAMSHIRE NEW UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Homosexuality; Sexual orientation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 28244473372     PISSN: 14792508     EISSN: 14792516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616660500175680     Document Type: Review

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