Would it be likely that the advantage in matching of female compared to male faces was due to non-face stimuli, such as longer hair in female faces?

Since the hair is usually much longer and unique (hair style) for females, do you think that the advantage in matching of female faces would be caused by these non-face factors? For example, do you think the advantage would remain using faces after removing the hair?

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Xiang-Zhen Kong • 445

• 2 Dec 2015 5:09am

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