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

Evolutionary psychologists have been interested in male preferences for particular female traits that are thought to signal health and reproductive potential.While the majority of studies have focused on what makes specific body traits attractive- such as the waist-To-hip ratio, the body mass index,...

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Autores principales: Dagnino, B., Navajas, J., Sigman, M.
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spelling todo:paper_00040002_v41_n4_p929_Dagnino2023-10-03T13:57:09Z Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks Dagnino, B. Navajas, J. Sigman, M. Breasts Buttocks Eye tracking Sexual choice Sexual preference 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 Evolutionary psychologists have been interested in male preferences for particular female traits that are thought to signal health and reproductive potential.While the majority of studies have focused on what makes specific body traits attractive- such as the waist-To-hip ratio, the body mass index, and breasts shape and size-There is little empirical research that has examinedindividual differences inmale preferences for specific traits (e.g., favoring breasts over buttocks). The current study begins to fill this empirical gap. In the first experiment (Study 1), 184 male participants were asked to report their preference between breasts and buttocks on a continuous scale. We found that (1) the distribution of preference was bimodal, indicating that Argentinean males tended to define themselves as favoring breasts or buttocks but rarely thinking that these traits contributed equally to their choice and (2) the distributionwas biased towardsbuttocks. Inasecondexperiment(Study2), 19maleparticipants were asked to rate pictures of female breasts and buttocks. This studywas necessary to generate three categories of pictures with statistically different ratings (high, medium, and low). In a third experiment (Study 3), we recorded eye-movements of 25 male participants while they chose the more attractive between twowomen, only seeing their breasts and buttock.We found that the first and last fixations were systematically directed towards the self-reported preferred trait. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00040002_v41_n4_p929_Dagnino
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topic Breasts
Buttocks
Eye tracking
Sexual choice
Sexual preference
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
spellingShingle Breasts
Buttocks
Eye tracking
Sexual choice
Sexual preference
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
Dagnino, B.
Navajas, J.
Sigman, M.
Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
topic_facet Breasts
Buttocks
Eye tracking
Sexual choice
Sexual preference
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
description Evolutionary psychologists have been interested in male preferences for particular female traits that are thought to signal health and reproductive potential.While the majority of studies have focused on what makes specific body traits attractive- such as the waist-To-hip ratio, the body mass index, and breasts shape and size-There is little empirical research that has examinedindividual differences inmale preferences for specific traits (e.g., favoring breasts over buttocks). The current study begins to fill this empirical gap. In the first experiment (Study 1), 184 male participants were asked to report their preference between breasts and buttocks on a continuous scale. We found that (1) the distribution of preference was bimodal, indicating that Argentinean males tended to define themselves as favoring breasts or buttocks but rarely thinking that these traits contributed equally to their choice and (2) the distributionwas biased towardsbuttocks. Inasecondexperiment(Study2), 19maleparticipants were asked to rate pictures of female breasts and buttocks. This studywas necessary to generate three categories of pictures with statistically different ratings (high, medium, and low). In a third experiment (Study 3), we recorded eye-movements of 25 male participants while they chose the more attractive between twowomen, only seeing their breasts and buttock.We found that the first and last fixations were systematically directed towards the self-reported preferred trait. © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012.
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author Dagnino, B.
Navajas, J.
Sigman, M.
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Navajas, J.
Sigman, M.
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title Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
title_short Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
title_full Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
title_fullStr Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
title_full_unstemmed Eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
title_sort eye fixations indicate men's preference for female breasts or buttocks
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