An analysis of body shape attractiveness based on image statistics: Evidence for a dissociation between expressions of preference and shape discrimination

Visual Cognition

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 927-953

  Smith, Kathryn L ^a   Tovée, Martin J ^a   Hancock, Peter J ^b   Bateson, Melissa ^b   Cox, Mike A A ^b   Cornelissen, Piers L ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 35549013659     PISSN: 13506285     EISSN: 14640716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13506280601029515     Document Type: Article

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