Evidence for adaptive design in human gaze preference

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1630, 2008, Pages 63-69

  Conway, C A ^a   Jones, B C ^a   DeBruine, L M ^a   Little, A C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Facial expression; Gaze direction; Mate preference

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; MATE ATTRACTION; MATING BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTION;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 36348990862     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1073     Document Type: Article

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