A computer-graphic technique for the study of body size perception and body types

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 446-454

  Benson, Philip J ^a   Emery, Joanne L ^b   Cohen Tovée, Esther M ^c   Tovée, Martin J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c St George's Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOMATOTYPE; VIDEORECORDING;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY IMAGE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOMATOTYPES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0033175140     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03200725     Document Type: Article

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