Men's physical strength is associated with women's perceptions of their dancing ability

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 527-530

  Hugill, Nadine ^a   Fink, Bernhard ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Seydel, Hanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body movement; Dance; Handgrip strength; Mate choice; Motion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349124832     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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