Different cues of personality and health from the face and gait of women

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 271-295

  Kramer, Robin S S ^a   Gottwald, Victoria M ^b   Dixon, Thomas A M ^a   Ward, Robert ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cues; Face; Gait; Health; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864383340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491201000208     Document Type: Article

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