Anthropometric correlates of human anger

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 174-181

  Price, Michael E ^a   Dunn, James ^a   Hopkins, Sian ^a   Kang, Jinsheng ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anger; Evolutionary psychology; Muscularity; Recalibrational theory; Self perceived physical attractiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859562329     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2011.08.004     Document Type: Article

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