Romantic relationship status biases memory of faces of attractive opposite-sex others: Evidence from a reverse-correlation paradigm

Cognition

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 422-426

  Karremans, Johan C ^a   Dotsch, Ron ^a   Corneille, Olivier ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attractive alternatives; Face memory; Relationship cognition; Reverse correlation; Romantic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN RELATION; MEMORY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX ROLE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEAUTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80055099449     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2011.07.008     Document Type: Article

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