Women's perception of men's sensation seeking propensity from their dance movements

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 483-487

  Hugill, Nadine ^a   Fink, Bernhard ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Besson, Anna ^a   Bunse, Laurel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Dance; Mate choice; Men; Risk taking; Sensation seeking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80955180556     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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