What do people infer from facial attractiveness?

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-49

  Brewer, G ^a   Archer, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Personality; Promiscuity; Stereotype

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749107722     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1002     Document Type: Article

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