The role of holistic processing in judgments of facial attractiveness

Perception

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1187-1196

  Abbas, Zara Angela ^a,b   Duchaine, Bradley ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 54249140484     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p5984     Document Type: Article

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