Gaze properties of women judging the attractiveness of masculine and feminine male faces

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-35

  Burriss, Robert P ^a   Marcinkowska, Urszula M ^b   Lyons, Minna T ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Eye tracking; Face; Gaze; Masculinity; Relationship context

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ESTHETICS; EYE FIXATION; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; OCULOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; BEAUTY; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MARRIAGE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TIME FACTORS; UNCONSCIOUS (PSYCHOLOGY); WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892652060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491401200102     Document Type: Article

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