Facial appearance affects voting decisions

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 18-27

  Little, Anthony C ^a,c   Burriss, Robert P ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^b   Roberts, S Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Elections; Leadership; Masculinity femininity; Social cognition; Vote; War time peace time

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33845276222     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2006.09.002     Document Type: Article

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