Female face preference in 4-month-olds: The importance of hairline
โ Scribed by Hillairet de Boisferon, Anne; Uttley, Lesley; Quinn, Paul C.; Lee, Kang; Pascalis, Olivier
- Book ID
- 127121757
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 852 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0163-6383
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