Red, Rank, and Romance in women viewing men

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-417

  Elliot, Andrew J ^a,b   Niesta Kayser, Daniela ^a   Greitemeyer, Tobias ^c   Lichtenfeld, Stephanie ^b   Gramzow, Richard H ^d   Maier, Markus A ^b   Liu, Huijun ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attraction; Attractiveness; Color; Red; Status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHINA; COLOR; COLOR VISION; COURTSHIP; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CHINA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; COURTSHIP; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955741971     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019689     Document Type: Article

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