Face Structure Predicts Cooperation: Men With Wider Faces Are More Generous to Their In-Group When Out-Group Competition Is Salient

Psychological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 718-722

  Stirrat, M ^a   Perrett, D I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

antisocial behavior; face perception; intergroup dynamics; personality; sex role attitudes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863972352     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797611435133     Document Type: Article

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