Sparseness of the neuronal representation of stimuli in the primate temporal visual cortex.
1. To analyze the selectivity and the sparseness of firing to visual stimuli of single neurons in the primate temporal cortical visual area, neuronal responses were measured to a set of 68 visual…
Visual cues to female physical attractiveness
- M. Tovée, D. Maisey, J. Emery, P. Cornelissen
- PsychologyProceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 22 January 1999
Evidence is presented that weight scaled for height (the body mass index (BMI) is the primary determinant of sexual attractiveness rather than WHR and how visual cues, such as the perimeter–area ratio (PAR), can provide an accurate and reliable index of an individual's BMI.
Initial examination of the validity and reliability of the female photographic figure rating scale for body image assessment
- V. Swami, Natalie Salem, A. Furnham, M. Tovée
- Psychology
- 1 June 2008
Changing perceptions of attractiveness as observers are exposed to a different culture
- M. Tovée, V. Swami, A. Furnham, Roshila Mangalparsad
- Psychology
- 1 November 2006
Visual motion processing in the anterior ectosylvian sulcus of the cat.
- J. Scannell, F. Sengpiel, M. Tovée, P. Benson, C. Blakemore, M. Young
- BiologyJournal of Neurophysiology
- 1 August 1996
A study on neuronal responses in AEV finds that high-level pattern motion coding occurs in the cat extrastriate cortex and is not limited to the primate middle temporal area, and AEV contains a heterogeneous population of directionally selective cells.
Female physical attractiveness in Britain and Malaysia: a cross-cultural study.
The results showed that BMI is the primary determinant of female physical attractiveness, whereas WHR failed to emerge as a significant predictor, and there were significant differences in preferences for physical attractiveness along a gradient of socio-economic development.
Translation invariance in the responses to faces of single neurons in the temporal visual cortical areas of the alert macaque.
- M. Tovée, E. Rolls, P. Azzopardi
- Biology, PsychologyJournal of Neurophysiology
- 1 September 1994
Information theory procedures were used to analyze the spike trains of the visual neurons, and it was shown that the responses of these neurons reflected information about which stimulus had been seen in a relatively translation invariant way.
Human female attractiveness: waveform analysis of body shape
- M. Tovée, P. Hancock, S. Mahmoodi, Ben R R Singleton, P. Cornelissen
- PsychologyProceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 7 November 2002
BMI is a stronger predictor of attractiveness than WHR, and it is possible that body shape is an important cue to attractiveness, but that simple ratios (such as WHR) are not adequately capturing it.
Female and male perceptions of female physical attractiveness in front-view and profile.
- M. Tovée, P. Cornelissen
- PsychologyBritish Journal of Psychology
- 1 May 2001
BMI was the primary predictor of attractiveness in both front and profile, and the putative visual cues to BMI showed a higher degree of view-invariance than shape cues such as the waist-hip ratio (WHR).
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