Barely legal: Is attraction and estimated age of young female faces disrupted by alcohol use, make up, and the sex of the observer?

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 415-427

  Egan, Vincent ^a   Cordan, Giray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG EFFECT; ESTHETICS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BEAUTY; BREATH TESTS; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; COSMETICS; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68749117550     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712608X357858     Document Type: Article

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