Shape analysis of female facial attractiveness

Vision Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8-9, 2006, Pages 1282-1291

  Valenzano, Dario Riccardo ^a   Mennucci, Andrea ^a   Tartarelli, Giandonato ^a   Cellerino, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evolutionary psychology; Face perception; Geometric morphometrics; Morphing; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; JAW; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 30444441406     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2005.10.024     Document Type: Article

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