Inferences about Sexual Orientation: The Roles of Stereotypes, Faces, and the Gaydar Myth

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 157-171

  Cox, William T L ^a   Devine, Patricia G ^a   Bischmann, Alyssa A ^a   Hyde, Janet S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84956588657     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224499.2015.1015714     Document Type: Article

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