Perceived Aggressiveness Predicts Fighting Performance in Mixed-Martial-Arts Fighters

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F13%3A10191098" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/13:10191098 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613477117" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613477117</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956797613477117" target="_blank" >10.1177/0956797613477117</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Perceived Aggressiveness Predicts Fighting Performance in Mixed-Martial-Arts Fighters
Original language description
Accurate assessment of competitive ability is a critical component of contest behavior in animals, and it could be just as important in human competition, particularly in human ancestral populations. Here, we tested the role that facial perception playsin this assessment by investigating the association between both perceived aggressiveness and perceived fighting ability in fighters' faces and their actual fighting success. Perceived aggressiveness was positively associated with the proportion of fights won, after we controlled for the effect of weight, which also independently predicted perceived aggression. In contrast, perception of fighting ability was confounded by weight, and an association between perceived fighting ability and actual fightingsuccess was restricted to heavyweight fighters. Shape regressions revealed that aggressive-looking faces are generally wider and have a broader chin, more prominent eyebrows, and a larger nose than less aggressive-looking faces. Our resul
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AN - Psychology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP407%2F11%2F1464" target="_blank" >GAP407/11/1464: Linking psychological characteristics with morphospace of human face and body: possible associations to iris color</a><br>
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2013
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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