Facial correlates of sociosexuality

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-218

  Boothroyd, Lynda G ^a,b   Jones, Benedict C ^a,c   Burt, D Michael ^a,b   DeBruine, Lisa M ^c   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attraction; Faces; Masculinity; Sexual strategy; Sociosexuality

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849120748     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2007.12.009     Document Type: Article

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