Gazing behavior during mixed-sex interactions: Sex and attractiveness effects

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1055-1062

  Van Straaten, Ischa ^a   Holland, Rob W ^a   Finkenauer, Catrin ^b   Hollenstein, Tom ^c   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dyadic interaction; Gazing; Physical attractiveness; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COURTSHIP; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEAUTY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MOTIVATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957753509     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9482-x     Document Type: Article

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