Cross-cultural agreement in facial attractiveness preferences: The role of ethnicity and gender

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Coetzee, Vinet ^a   Greeff, Jaco M ^a   Stephen, Ian D ^b   Perrett, David I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN; COLLEGE STUDENT; CROSS CULTURAL AGREEMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; FACIES; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; RECOGNITION; WHITE SCOTTISH; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; FACE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903783349     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099629     Document Type: Article

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