The valence of experiences with faces influences generalized preferences

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-129

  Jones, Benedict C ^a   Debruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Feinberg, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Learning; Mate preferences; Prototypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749110715     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1001     Document Type: Article

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