Gender differences in the motivational processing of facial beauty

Learning and Motivation

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-145

  Levy, Boaz ^a   Ariely, Dan ^b   Mazar, Nina ^b   Chi, Won ^a   Lukas, Scott ^a   Elman, Igor ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female; Heterosexual; Incentive sensitization; Male; Men; Motivation; Reinforcement; Reward; Sex; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 41949141078     PISSN: 00239690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lmot.2007.09.002     Document Type: Article

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