Looking good. BMI, attractiveness bias and visual attention

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 552-555

  Roefs, Anne ^a   Jansen, Anita ^a   Moresi, Sofie ^a   Willems, Paul ^a   van Grootel, Sara ^a   van der Borgh, Anouk ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Body satisfaction; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BODY MASS; EATING HABIT; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SATISFACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50349090072     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.008     Document Type: Article

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