Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 929-937

  Dagnino, Bruno ^a   Navajas, Joaquin ^a   Sigman, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Breasts; Buttocks; Eye tracking; Sexual choice; Sexual preference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ART; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ESTHETICS; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; BEAUTY; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMAN BODY; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84864086575     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-012-9945-3     Document Type: Article

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