Avoiding Extraverts: Pathogen Concern Downregulates Preferences for Extraverted Faces

Evolutionary Psychological Science

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 278-286

  Brown, Mitch ^a   Sacco, Donald F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease; Extraversion; Face perception; Perceived infectability; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017356203     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21989885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40806-016-0064-6     Document Type: Article

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