Through rose-tinted glasses: Relationship satisfaction and representations of partners facial attractiveness

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-181

  Penton Voak, Ian S ^a   Rowe, Angela C ^a   Williams, Jenna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Close relationships; Face perception; Facial attractiveness; Positive illusions

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749126719     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.2007.1021     Document Type: Article

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