Two faces are better than one: Eliminating false trait associations with faces

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-248

  Goren, Amir ^a,b   Todorov, Alexander ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65449165018     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.2.222     Document Type: Article

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