I like you but I don't know why: Objective facial resemblance to significant others influences snap judgments

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 350-353

  Günaydin, Gül ^a   Zayas, Vivian ^a   Selcuk, Emre ^a   Hazan, Cindy ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Face perception; Impression formation; Snap judgments; Transference

Indexed keywords

EID: 82655174024     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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