Face, body and speech cues independently predict judgments of attractiveness

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-35

  Saxton, Tamsin K ^a,b   Burriss, Robert P ^b,c   Murray, Alice K ^b   Rowland, Hannah M ^b   Craig Roberts, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness judgments; Body attractiveness; Facial attractiveness; Vocal attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 62349129810     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.7.2009.1.4     Document Type: Article

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