A longitudinal study of adolescents' judgments of the attractiveness of facial symmetry, averageness and sexual dimorphism

Journal of Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-55

  Saxton, Tamsin ^a   Debruine, Lisa ^b   Jones, Benedict ^b   Little, Anthony ^c   Craig Roberts, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescence; face attractiveness judgments; facial averageness; facial sexual dimorphism; facial symmetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952413254     PISSN: 17892082     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/JEP.9.2011.22.1     Document Type: Article

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