Human female attractiveness: Waveform analysis of body shape

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 269, Issue 1506, 2002, Pages 2205-2213

  Tovée, Martin J ^a   Hancock, Peter J B ^a   Mahmoodi, Sasan ^a   Singleton, Ben R R ^a   Cornelissen, Piers L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body shape; Female physical attractiveness; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRUNK; WAVEFORM;

EID: 41049115364     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2133     Document Type: Article

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