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How does an individual’s competitive trait and a target’s facial characteristics affect social perception? This thesis looked at intrasexual competition and perception of social traits separately and contributed to different aspects of evolutionary psychology. Previous studies showed that individual...

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Published: Swansea, Wales, UK 2024
Institution: Swansea University
Degree level: Doctoral
Degree name: Ph.D
Supervisor: Jones, Alex ; Tree, Jeremy
URI: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67496
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