Waist-hip ratio predicts women's preferences for masculine male faces, but not perceptions of men's trustworthiness

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 476-480

  Smith, Finlay G ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a   Welling, Lisa L W ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Vukovic, Jovana ^a   Main, Julie C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Body mass index; Condition dependent preferences; Faces; Masculinity; Trustworthiness; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349121024     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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