Miscalibrations in judgements of attractiveness with cosmetics
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Miscalibrations in judgements of attractiveness with cosmetics.
Women use cosmetics to enhance their attractiveness. How successful they are in doing so remains unknown--how do men and women respond to cosmetics use in terms of attractiveness? There are a variety of miscalibrations where attractiveness is concerned--often, what one sex thinks the opposite sex finds attractive is incorrect. Here, we investigated observer perceptions about attractiveness and ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1747-0218,1747-0226
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.908932