Gender differences in smiling: An evolutionary neuroandrogenic theory

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 88, Issue 4-5, 2006, Pages 303-308

  Ellis, Lee ^a  

^a MINOT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Gender; Hemispheric brain functioning; Smiling

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD REARING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; NEOCORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; THEORETICAL STUDY; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 33746217172     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.03.034     Document Type: Article

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