Hand attractiveness—its determinants and associations with facial attractiveness
@article{Kociski2012HandAD,
title={Hand attractiveness—its determinants and associations with facial attractiveness},
author={Krzysztof Kościński},
journal={Behavioral Ecology},
year={2012},
volume={23},
pages={334-342}
}Although attractiveness of the human hand seems to be of some importance in the social and mating context, it has attracted little scientific interest thus far. Here, we investigated physical determinants of hand attractiveness and its associations with facial appeal. Photographs of faces and the dorsal and ventral side of hands of young women and men were measured and assessed for attractiveness and several other features. Typicality and femininity of shape, perceived fattiness and skin…
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