Apparent height and body mass index influence perceived leadership ability in three-dimensional faces

Perception

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1477-1485

  Re, Daniel E ^a   Dzhelyova, Milena ^a   Holzleitner, Iris J ^a   Tigue, Cara C ^a   Feinberg, David R ^a   Perrett, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Facial adiposity; Facial maturity; Physical height

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874195810     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7342     Document Type: Article

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