Distinguishing between perceiver and wearer effects in clothing color-associated attributions

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 350-364

  Roberts, S Craig ^a   Owen, Roy C ^a   Havlicek, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Attribution; Beauty; Behavior; Evolutionary psychology; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955749530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491000800304     Document Type: Article

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