First impressions from faces among U.S. and culturally isolated tsimane' people in the Bolivian rainforest

Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 119-134

  Zebrowitz, Leslie A ^a   Wang, Ruoxue ^a   Bronstad, P Matthew ^a   Eisenberg, Dan ^b   Undurraga, Eduardo ^a   Reyes García, Victoria ^a   Godoy, Ricardo ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attractiveness; babyfaceness; culture; face perception; trait impressions

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655164342     PISSN: 00220221     EISSN: 15525422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022022111411386     Document Type: Article

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