Eye-tracking of men's preferences for waist-to-hip ratio and breast size of women

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Dixson, Barnaby J ^a   Grimshaw, Gina M ^a   Linklater, Wayne L ^a   Dixson, Alan F ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Evolution; Eye tracking; Female breast size; Female waist to hip ratio; Sexual attractiveness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; ESTHETICS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOGRAPHY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOTYPE; VISION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; EYE MOVEMENT MEASUREMENTS; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOTYPES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 79952574657     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-009-9523-5     Document Type: Article

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