Gender differences in the incentive salience of adult and infant faces

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 200-208

  Hahn, Amanda C ^a   Xiao, Dengke ^a   Sprengelmeyer, Reiner ^a   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Beauty; Cuteness; Incentive salience; Infant faces; Motivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; EMOTION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMOTIONS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872509330     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2012.705860     Document Type: Article

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