The role of waist-to-hip ratio in evaluation of female physical attractiveness: Eye-tracker data;Kadinin fiziksel çekiciliǧinin deǧerlendirilmesinde bel-kalça-oraninin rolü: Göz-i̇zleme sistemi verileri

Turk Psikoloji Dergisi

Volumn 23, Issue 61, 2008, Pages 75-91

  Dural, Seda ^a   Çetinkaya, Hakan ^b   Gülbetekin, Evrim ^a  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b IZMIR UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3D female figures; Body weight; Evolutionary psychological approach; Eye tracking; Physical attractiveness; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350381547     PISSN: 13004433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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