Intelligence and physical attractiveness

Intelligence

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-14

  Kanazawa, Satoshi ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross trait assortative mating; General fitness (f factor) model; General intelligence; Physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651303143     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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