Adolescents' preferences for sexual dimorphism are influenced by relative exposure to male and female faces

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 864-868

  Saxton, Tamsin K ^a,b   Little, Anthony C ^c   DeBruine, Lisa M ^d   Jones, Benedict C ^d   Roberts, S Craig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Facial sexual dimorphism; Femininity; Individual differences; Masculinity; Visual adaptation

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849101241     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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