Faces of politicians: Babyfacedness predicts inferred competence but not electoral success

2009/06/19 by Panu Poutvaara, Henrik Jordahl, Niclas Berggren · 2 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · #Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies #Competence (human resources) #Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification #Developmental psychology #Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior #Law #Political science #Politics #Psychology #Social psychology

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.06.007

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