Facial masculinity is a cue to women's dominance

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1089-1093

  Quist, Michelle C ^a   Watkins, Christopher D ^a   Smith, Finlay G ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Attractiveness; Dominance; Face perception; Masculinity; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952622422     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.01.032     Document Type: Article

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