Physical attractiveness and cooperation in a prisoner's dilemma game

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 451-455

  Shinada, Mizuho ^a   Yamagishi, Toshio ^b  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Beauty premium; Facial attractiveness; Mating strategy; Social exchange

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908027706     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.06.003     Document Type: Article

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