Limitations of traditional morphometrics in research on the attractiveness of faces

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 613-615

  Holland, Erik ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

BEAUTY; CEPHALOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESTHETICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 67650553313     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/PBR.16.3.613     Document Type: Article

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