Men do not have a stronger preference than women for self-resemblant child faces

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 657-664

  Bressan, Paola ^a   Bertamini, Marco ^b   Nalli, Alessandra ^a   Zanutto, Arianna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cuckoldry; Facial resemblance; Paternal investment; Paternal uncertainty; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RECOGNITION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SELF PREFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JUDGMENT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349237854     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9350-0     Document Type: Article

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