The psychology of face construction: Giving evolution a helping hand

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 195-203

  Frowd, Charlie D ^a   Pitchford, Melanie ^b   Bruce, Vicki ^c   Jackson, Sam ^a   Hepton, Gemma ^a   Greenall, Maria ^a   Mcintyre, Alex H ^d   Hancock, Peter J B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACIES; FEMALE; HONESTY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; MEMORY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WITNESS;

EID: 78649439395     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1662     Document Type: Article

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