Smiling in photographs: Childhood similarities between sexes become differences constant in adulthood

Psychological Reports

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 651-665

  Desantis, Mark ^a   Mohan, Philip J ^a   Kirk Steinhorst, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

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EID: 29544432291     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pr0.97.2.651-665     Document Type: Review

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