Effects of shape parameters on the attractiveness of a female body

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 117-132

  Fan, J ^a   Dai, W ^a   Qian, X ^a   Chau, K P ^a   Liu, Q ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ART; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE; STATISTICS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BEAUTY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; ESTHETICS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOMATOTYPES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 34548614179     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.105.1.117-132     Document Type: Article

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