Individual differences in pathogen disgust predict men's, but not women's, preferences for facial cues of weight

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 860-863

  Fisher, Claire I ^a   Fincher, Corey L ^a   Hahn, Amanda C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Attractiveness; Disgust; Health; Pathogens; Weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881609797     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2013.07.015     Document Type: Article

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