The sexual overperception bias is associated with sociosexuality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1012-1016

  Howell, Emma C ^a   Etchells, Peter J ^a   Penton Voak, Ian S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face perception; Gender differences; Sexual intent; Sociosexual orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866309483     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.024     Document Type: Article

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