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Humans are not fooled by size illusions in attractiveness judgements()

Could signallers use size contrast illusions to dishonestly exaggerate their attractiveness to potential mates? Using composite photographs of women from three body mass index (BMI) categories designed to simulate small groups, we show that target women of medium size are judged as thinner when surr...

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Autores principales: Bateson, Melissa, Tovée, Martin J., George, Hannah R., Gouws, Anton, Cornelissen, Piers L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3975338/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24719551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2013.11.007