The influence of social comparison on visual representation of one's face

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Zell, Ethan ^a   Balcetis, Emily ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; COGNITION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL COMPARISON; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

BODY IMAGE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84861476845     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036742     Document Type: Article

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