Differences in attractiveness preferences between observers in low- and high-resource environments in Thailand

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-160

  Swami, Viren ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Physical attractiveness; Thailand; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749105752     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1005     Document Type: Article

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