Publications by authors named "Thomas M M Versluys"
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- Humans often choose mates who resemble themselves, a behavior known as positive assortative mating (PAM).
- The lack of consensus on the causes of PAM stems from limited and discipline-specific studies, necessitating a broader approach.
- This review proposes an interdisciplinary framework to examine both the immediate mechanisms and deeper reasons behind PAM, advocating for more integrated research in the future.
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- Human mate choice is influenced by limb proportions, particularly finding that a leg-to-body ratio (LBR) of around 0.5 standard deviations above average is preferred for male attractiveness.* ! -
- The study explored two other factors, arm-to-body ratio (ABR) and intra-limb ratio (IR), discovering that ABR had no significant impact on attractiveness, while IR had a weak preference for average proportions.* ! -
- Overall, LBR is the most significant factor in attractiveness for the studied population, with limited variability in upper limb proportions possibly explaining the weak effects of IR and ABR.* !
Leg-to-body ratio (LBR) predicts evolutionary fitness, and is therefore expected to influence bodily attractiveness. Previous investigations of LBR attractiveness have used a wide variety of stimuli, including line drawings, silhouettes, and computer-generated images based on anthropometric data. In two studies, community samples of heterosexual women from the USA rated the attractiveness of male figures presented as silhouettes and as detailed computer-generated images with three different skin tones (white, black, and an artificial grey).
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