Do cyclic changes in women's face preferences target cues to long-term health?

Social Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 641-656

  Koehler, Nicole ^a   Rhodes, Gillian ^a   Simmons, Leigh W ^a   Zebrowitz, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35348858308     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2006.24.5.641     Document Type: Article

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