Judgments of dominance from the face track physical strength

Evolutionary Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-18

  Toscano, Hugo ^a   Schubert, Thomas W ^b   Sell, Aaron N ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dominance; Facial features; Physical strength; Social hierarchies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892660292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14747049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147470491401200101     Document Type: Article

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