Detection of propensity for aggression based on facial structure irrespective of face race

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-129

  Short, Lindsey A ^a   Mondloch, Catherine J ^a   McCormick, Cheryl M ^a   Carré, Justin M ^a   Ma, Ruqian ^b   Fu, Genyue ^b   Lee, Kang ^b,c  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aggression; Face perception; Facial judgments; Honest signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857034468     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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