Perceived body size affected by garment and Body Mass Index

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 253-264

  Liu, Fu ^a   Fan, Jintu ^b   Lau, Lilian ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; HUMAN; MALE; VISION;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CLOTHING; HUMANS; MALE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33751059751     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.103.1.253-264     Document Type: Article

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