Signals of personality and health: The contributions of facial shape, skin texture, and viewing angle

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1353-1361

  Jones, Alex L ^a   Kramer, Robin S S ^a   Ward, Robert ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faces; Health; Laterality; Personality; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CUES; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PERSONALITY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SKIN; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84864714536     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0027078     Document Type: Article

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