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when dominance and sex are both right

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2005

james a. schirillo  and
melissa fox
james a. schirillo
Affiliation:
department of psychology, wake forest university, winston-salem, nc, 27109 schirija@wfu.edufoxma3@wfu.edu
melissa fox
Affiliation:
department of psychology, wake forest university, winston-salem, nc, 27109 schirija@wfu.edufoxma3@wfu.edu
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Abstract

we have found that the left side of faces displayed in rembrandt's portraits capture how humans rank male dominance, helping to coordinate avoidance behaviors among asymmetric individuals. moreover, the left side of faces may also coordinate approach responses, like attractiveness, in human females. therefore, adding sexual selection to dominance paints a more realistic picture of what the contralateral right hemisphere is doing.

Type
open peer commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , August 2005 , pp. 612 - 613
Copyright
2005 cambridge university press

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