Extraversion predicts individual differences in women's face preferences

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 996-998

  Welling, Lisa L M ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Little, Anthony C ^b   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extraversion; Face preferences; Masculinity preferences; Mate quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849107721     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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