Perceived health contributes to the attractiveness of facial symmetry, averageness, and sexual dimorphism

Perception

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1244-1252

  Rhodes, Gillian ^a,b   Yoshikawa, Sakiko ^b,c   Palermo, Romina ^a   Simmonst, Leigh W ^a   Peters, Marianne ^a   Lee, Kieran ^a,b   Halberstadto, Jamin ^d   Crawford, John R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35448949032     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5712     Document Type: Article

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