Are attractive facial characteristics peculiar to the sex of a face?

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 833-843

  Casey, Sarah J ^a   Mernagh, Marion ^a   Newell, Fiona N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Face perception; Face space; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 67649710360     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802592030     Document Type: Article

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