Facial symmetry is positively associated with self-reported extraversion

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1572-1582

  Pound, Nicholas ^a   Penton Voak, Ian S ^b   Brown, William M ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Experimental Psychology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big five; Extraversion; Face; Fluctuating asymmetry; Personality; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547181282     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2007.04.014     Document Type: Article

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