Men's personality and women's perception of their dance quality

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 232-235

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Weege, Bettina ^a   Flügge, Jana ^a   Röder, Susanne ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   McCarty, Kristofor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body movement; Dance quality; Motion capture; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955164131     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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