Contributions of the face and body to overall attractiveness

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 937-942

  Peters, Marianne ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

body attractiveness; face attractiveness; humans; mate choice

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SYMMETRY;

EID: 34249997016     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.07.012     Document Type: Article

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