Facing aggression: Cues differ for female versus male faces

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Geniole, Shawn N ^a   Keyes, Amanda E ^a   Mondloch, Catherine J ^a   Carré, Justin M ^b   McCormick, Cheryl M ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL WIDTH TO HEIGHT RATIO; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURTURING BEHAVIOR; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEREOTYPY; VISUAL STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ASSOCIATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; CUES; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856051393     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030366     Document Type: Article

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