The two sides of beauty: Laterality and the duality of facial attractiveness

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 300-305

  Franklin Jr , Robert G ^a   Adams Jr , Reginald B ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Attractiveness; Face processing; Laterality; Sexual processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 75149178996     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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