Self-rated attractiveness predicts individual differences in women's preferences for masculine men's voices

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 451-456

  Vukovic, J ^a   Feinberg, D R ^b   Jones, B C ^a   DeBruine, L M ^a   Welling, L L M ^a   Little, A C ^c   Smith, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual differences; Masculinity; Mate choice; Sexual dimorphism; Vocal attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349113733     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2008.05.013     Document Type: Article

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