Women’s Attractiveness Perception of Men’s Dance Movements in Relation to Self-Reported and Perceived Personality

Weege, Bettina; Barges, Lena; Pham, Michael N.; Shackelford, Todd K.; Fink, Bernhard

doi:10.1007/s40806-014-0004-2

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“… Weege et al (in press a) showed that men’s self-reported (NEO-FFI) personality scores did not correlate with women’s ratings of men’s personality standings, i.e., women were not able to accurately assess men’s personality from dance movements—a result that corroborates research investigating relationships of self-reported personality with observer-reports of personality based on gait ( Thoresen et al, 2012 ). However, women’s ratings of a man’s dance attractiveness correlated negatively with their ratings of his neuroticism, and positively with their ratings of his conscientiousness.…”

Section: Cross-cultural Perception Of Body Movementsupporting

confidence: 62%

Integrating body movement into attractiveness research

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People judge attractiveness and make trait inferences from the physical appearance of others, and research reveals high agreement among observers making such judgments. Evolutionary psychologists have argued that interest in physical appearance and beauty reflects adaptations that motivate the search for desirable qualities in a potential partner. Although men more than women value the physical appearance of a partner, appearance universally affects social perception in both sexes. Most studies of attractiveness perceptions have focused on third party assessments of static representations of the face and body. Corroborating evidence suggests that body movement, such as dance, also conveys information about mate quality. Here we review evidence that dynamic cues (e.g., gait, dance) also influence perceptions of mate quality, including personality traits, strength, and overall attractiveness. We recommend that attractiveness research considers the informational value of body movement in addition to static cues, to present an integrated perspective on human social perception.

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Section: Cross-cultural Perception Of Body Movementsupporting

confidence: 62%

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“…If Schmitt and Atzwanger (1995) are correct, manipulating gait speed should have an effect on perception, with more positive assessments provided to fast walkers and less positive assessments provided to slow walkers. However, it is also plausible that faster movements are associated with less positive assessments, as has been reported for dance ( Weege et al, 2015a ), and that slow movements indicate self-composure and security, for example.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…Gait recordings were obtained from 80 men, aged 18 to 42 years, recruited at Northumbria University (United Kingdom) as part of a large-scale study on body movement in relation to anthropometry and personality (for related reports, see Fink et al, 2012 , 2014 , 2016 ; Weege et al, 2012 , 2015a , b ; Hufschmidt et al, 2015 ). No participants reported any injuries that might influence natural movements.…”

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Cross-Cultural Investigation of Male Gait Perception in Relation to Physical Strength and Speed

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Previous research documents that men and women can accurately judge male physical strength from gait, but also that the sexes differ in attractiveness judgments of strong and weak male walkers. Women’s (but not men’s) attractiveness assessments of strong male walkers are higher than for weak male walkers. Here, we extend this research to assessments of strong and weak male walkers in Chile, Germany, and Russia. Men and women judged videos of virtual characters, animated with the walk movements of motion-captured men, on strength and attractiveness. In two countries (Germany and Russia), these videos were additionally presented at 70% (slower) and 130% (faster) of their original speed. Stronger walkers were judged to be stronger and more attractive than weak walkers, and this effect was independent of country (but not sex). Women tended to provide higher attractiveness judgments to strong walkers, and men tended to provide higher attractiveness judgments to weak walkers. In addition, German and Russian participants rated strong walkers most attractive at slow and fast speed. Thus, across countries men and women can assess male strength from gait, although they tended to differ in attractiveness assessments of strong and weak male walkers. Attractiveness assessments of male gait may be influenced by society-specific emphasis on male physical strength.

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“…Participants were 80 men, aged 18-42 years, recruited at Northumbria University (U.K.) as part of a large-scale study on body movement in relation to anthropometry and personality (for related reports see Fink et al, 2012;Fink, Weege, Neave, Ried, & do Lago, 2014;Hufschmidt et al, 2015;Weege, Lange, & Fink, 2012;Weege et al 2015a;Weege, Barges, Pham, Shackelford, & Fink, 2015b). Participants reported that they did not have injuries that might influence their natural movements.…”

Section: Strength and Gait Recordingsmentioning

confidence: 99%