Perceived Aggressiveness Predicts Fighting Performance in Mixed-Martial-Arts Fighters

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1664-1672

  Třebický, Vít ^a   Havlíček, Jan ^a   Roberts, S Craig ^b   Little, Anthony C ^b   Kleisner, Karel ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

aggressive behavior; aggressiveness; competition; evolutionary psychology; face; face perception; facial features; fighting ability; geometric morphometrics; mixed martial arts; perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL FEATURES; FEMALE; FIGHTING ABILITY; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; HUMAN; MALE; MARTIAL ART; MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSIVENESS; COMPETITION; EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY; FACE; FACE PERCEPTION; FACIAL FEATURES; FIGHTING ABILITY; GEOMETRIC MORPHOMETRICS; MIXED MARTIAL ARTS; PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CUES; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARTIAL ARTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883782113     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613477117     Document Type: Article

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