The relative contributions of facial shape and surface information to perceptions of attractiveness and dominance

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Torrance, Jaimie S ^a   Wincenciak, Joanna ^a   Hahn, Amanda C ^a   DeBruine, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Benedict C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FACE PROFILE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PREDICTION; STANDARDIZATION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VISION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908587244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104415     Document Type: Article

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