Face and voice attractiveness judgments change during adolescence

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 398-408

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Attraction; Face; Facial attractiveness; Mate choice; Puberty; Vocal attractiveness; Voice

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349766709     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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