Individual differences in dominance perception: Dominant men are less sensitive to facial cues of male dominance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 967-971

  Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Facial masculinity; Individual differences; International personality items pool; Rivalry; Within sex competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956878053     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2010.08.006     Document Type: Article

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