Male faces and bodies: Evidence of a condition-dependent ornament of quality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 436-440

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Täschner, Kathrin ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Hugill, Nadine ^a   Dane, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c DOUGLAS COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appearance; Body; Face; Men; Perception; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954218615     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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