Gender differences in attentional processes and attractiveness evaluation models during gait observation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Physical attractiveness plays a crucial role in building interpersonal relationships and in daily communication. Attractiveness is perceived through nonverbal information regarding one's morphological features, posture, movement, and behavior. Selective pressures throughout our species' evolutionary history have shaped sex differences in the evaluation of physical attractiveness. However, research on the process of body attractiveness perception has been limited to static information involving body images. Therefore, a better understanding of the attractiveness perception process in the real world requires an appreciation of the attractiveness perception mechanism of physical movement.

Methods

This study examined the attractiveness perception of 30-s walking ani

SUBMITTER: Tanabe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979721 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature