Male facial attractiveness, perceived personality, and child-directed speech

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 253-259

  Penton voak, Ian S ^a   Cahill, Stephanie ^a   Pound, Nicholas ^b   Kempe, Vera ^c   Schaeffler, Sonja ^d   Schaeffler, Felix ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child directed speech; Facial attractiveness; Paternal investment; Perceived personality; Zero acquaintance

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250660105     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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