A thin slice of violence: Distinguishing violent from nonviolent sex offenders at a glance

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 298-303

  Stillman, Tyler F ^a   Maner, Jon K ^a   Baumeister, Roy F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Face processing; Facial morphology; Person perception; Thin slices; Violence

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953724550     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2009.12.001     Document Type: Article

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