When the Whites of the Eyes are Red: A Uniquely Human Cue

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 395-399

  Provine, Robert R ^a   Cabrera, Marcello O ^a   Brocato, Nicole W ^a   Krosnowski, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; EYE; FITNESS; MEMBRANE; PERCEPTION; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; VESSEL;

PRIMATES;

EID: 79953687658     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01888.x     Document Type: Article

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