A statistical model of facial attractiveness

Psychological Science

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1183-1190

  Said, Christopher P ^a   Todorov, Alexander ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attractiveness; face

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052554362     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611419169     Document Type: Article

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