Beauty and ugliness in the bodies and faces of others: An fMRI study of person esthetic judgement

@article{MartnLoeches2014BeautyAU,
  title={Beauty and ugliness in the bodies and faces of others: An fMRI study of person esthetic judgement},
  author={Manuel Mart{\'i}n-Loeches and Juan A Hern{\'a}ndez-Tamames and A. Mart{\'i}n and Mabel Urrutia},
  journal={Neuroscience},
  year={2014},
  volume={277},
  pages={486-497}
}
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