Categorical perception of human female physical attractiveness and health

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-93

  Tovée, Martin J ^a   Edmonds, Laura ^a   Vuong, Quoc C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Categorical perception; Female bodies

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055147422     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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