Downright sexy: Verticality, implicit power, and perceived physical attractiveness

Social Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 883-892

  Meier, Brian P ^a   Dionne, Sarah ^a  

^a GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 73849139989     PISSN: 0278016X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/soco.2009.27.6.883     Document Type: Article

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