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dc.contributor.authorLuck, Geoff
dc.contributor.authorSaarikallio, Suvi
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Marc
dc.contributor.authorBurger, Birgitta
dc.contributor.authorToiviainen, Petri
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-20T07:11:10Z
dc.date.available2012-03-20T07:11:10Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/37618
dc.description.abstractResearch has shown that a number of factors, including body symmetry, perceived strenght, vigour, skilfulness, and agility of movements, as well as increased variability and amplitude of the neck and trunk, can affect the attractiveness of dance moves. Perceived femininity/masculinity of body movement likely also plays a role. Here, we compare comprehensive ratings of both male and female dancers' opposite-sex attractiveness, including ratings of femininity/masculinity, with computationally-extracted movement features. Sixty-two heterosexual adult participant watched 48 short audio-visual point-light animations of eight male and eight female adult participants dancing individually to Techno, Pop, and Latin music. Participants rated perceived Femininity/Masculinity (as appropriate), Sensuality, Sexiness, Mood and interestingness of each dancer. Seven kinematic and kinetic features - Downforce, Hip wiggle, Shoulder vs. hip angle, Hip-knee phase, Shoulder-hip ratio, Hip-body ratio, Body symmetry - were computationally extracted from the stimuli. A series of correlations revealed that, for men watching women, Hip-knee phase angle was positively related to Interestingness and Mood, and that Hip-body ratio was positively related to Sensuality. For women watching men, Downforce was positively related to Sensuality. Our results highlight some interesting similarities and differences between male and female perceptions of attractiveness of opposite sex dancers.fi
dc.language.isoeng
dc.subject.otherdanceen
dc.subject.otherattractionen
dc.subject.othergenderen
dc.subject.othertanssifi
dc.subject.othersukupuolifi
dc.titleMoves like Jagger - multidimensional attractiveness ratings of opposite-sex dancersfi
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201203201462
dc.type.dcmitypeText
dc.contributor.laitosMusiikin laitosfi
dc.contributor.laitosDepartment of Musicen
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/ConferencePaper
dc.contributor.publisherJyväskylän yliopisto, Musiikin laitos
dc.rights.accesslevelopenAccessfi
dc.relation.conferenceMonititeteinen musiikintutkimus. Suomen Musiikintutkijoiden 16. Symposium - The 16th Annual Symposium for Music Scholars in Finland Jyväskylä 21.-23.3.2012


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