An evolutionary perspective on appearance enhancement behavior

AC Davis, S Arnocky - Archives of sexual behavior, 2022 - Springer
Researchers have highlighted numerous sociocultural factors that have been shown to
underpin human appearance enhancement practices, including the influence of peers …

Synthesis of sexual selection: a systematic map of meta‐analyses with bibliometric analysis

P Pollo, M Lagisz, Y Yang, A Culina… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sexual selection has been a popular subject within evolutionary biology because of its
central role in explaining odd and counterintuitive traits observed in nature. Consequently …

An updated theoretical framework for human sexual selection: from ecology, genetics, and life history to extended phenotypes

S Luoto - Adaptive Human Behavior and Physiology, 2019 - Springer
Objectives Sexual selection typically centers on bodily and psychological traits. Non-bodily
traits ranging from housing and vehicles through art to social media can, however, influence …

Structural equation modeling of female gait attractiveness using gait kinematics

H Tanabe, K Yamamoto - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
In our social lives, movement's attractiveness greatly affects interpersonal cognition, and gait
kinematics mediates walkers' attractiveness. However, no model using gait kinematics has …

[BUCH][B] Sensehacking: How to use the power of your senses for happier, healthier living

C Spence - 2021 - books.google.com
The world expert in multisensory perception on the remarkable ways we can use our senses
to lead richer lives' Talks total sense, lots of fun facts, right up there with the best of the …

Decreased vertical trunk inclination angle and pelvic inclination as the result of mid-high-heeled footwear on static posture parameters in asymptomatic young adult …

J Michoński, M Witkowski, B Glinkowska… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The influence of high-heel footwear on the lumbar lordosis angle, anterior pelvic tilt, and
sacral tilt are inconsistently described in the literature. This study aimed to investigate the …

Wearing high heels as female mating strategy

P Prokop, J Švancárová - Personality and Individual Differences, 2020 - Elsevier
Females use various behavioural tactics in order to attract the attention of a desirable mate.
Wearing high heels enhances female physical attractiveness for the opposite sex, thus their …

On a pedestal: High heels and the perceived attractiveness and evolutionary fitness of women

TJ Wade, R Burch, ML Fisher, H Casper - Personality and Individual …, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyzed the responses of 448 participants who completed questions on attractiveness
and other evolutionary fitness related traits, and long-and short-term mating potential, of a …

Captain Dorito and the bombshell: Supernormal stimuli in comics and film.

RL Burch, L Johnsen - Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences, 2020 - psycnet.apa.org
We examined the visualization of male and female superheroes, paying attention to physical
dimensions and costuming that accentuated hyper-masculine or hyper-feminine features …

Lordosis in humans

AY Semchenko, Z Senveli… - Personality and …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Despite progress in attractiveness research, we have yet to identify many fitness-relevant
cues in the human phenotype or humans' psychology for responding to them. Here, we test …