Illness in childhood predicts face preferences in adulthood

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 384-389

  De Barra, Mícheál ^a,b   deBruine, Lisa M ^c   Jones, Benedict C ^c   Mahmud, Zahid Hayat ^d   Curtis, Valerie A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Behavioral immune system; Facial attractiveness; Infectious disease; Predictive adaptive response; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885372441     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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