Beauty captures the attention of the beholder

Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 768-780

  Lindell, Annukka K ^a   Lindell, Kaarina L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Attractiveness; Beauty; Distributed; Perception; Spatial

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CORPUS STRIATUM; DECISION MAKING; ESTHETICS; HUMAN; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MOTIVATION; NONHUMAN; ORBITAL CORTEX; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REWARD; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; REVIEW; VENTRAL STRIATUM;

EID: 84926014301     PISSN: 20445911     EISSN: 2044592X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20445911.2014.963111     Document Type: Article

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