Integrating body movement into attractiveness research

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Weege, Bettina ^a   Neave, Nick ^b   Pham, Michael N ^c   Shackelford, Todd K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Body movement; Dance; Perception; Personality; Strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926474334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00220     Document Type: Short Survey

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