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The varying value of a friendly face: Experimentally induced stress is associated with higher preferences for friendship with people possessing feminine versus masculine face traits

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Pages 1498-1507 | Received 14 Mar 2015, Accepted 14 Jul 2015, Published online: 13 Nov 2015

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