Human perception of fighting ability: facial cues predict winners and losers in mixed martial arts fights

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F15%3A10318037" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/15:10318037 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv089" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv089</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arv089" target="_blank" >10.1093/beheco/arv089</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Human perception of fighting ability: facial cues predict winners and losers in mixed martial arts fights

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In antagonistic encounters, the primary decision to be made is to fight or not. Animals may then possess adaptations to assess fighting ability in their opponents. Previous studies suggest that humans can assess strength and fighting ability based on facial appearance. Here we extend these findings to specific contests by examining the perception of male faces from paired winners and losers of individual fights in mixed martial arts sporting competitions. Observers, unfamiliar with the outcome, were presented with image pairs and asked to choose which of the 2 men was more likely to win if they fought while other observers chose between the faces based on masculinity, strength, aggressiveness, and attractiveness. We found that individuals performed atrates above chance in correctly selecting the winner as more likely to win the fight than the loser. We also found that winners were seen to be more masculine, stronger, and more aggressive than losers. Finally, women saw the winners as m

Název v anglickém jazyce

Human perception of fighting ability: facial cues predict winners and losers in mixed martial arts fights

Popis výsledku anglicky

In antagonistic encounters, the primary decision to be made is to fight or not. Animals may then possess adaptations to assess fighting ability in their opponents. Previous studies suggest that humans can assess strength and fighting ability based on facial appearance. Here we extend these findings to specific contests by examining the perception of male faces from paired winners and losers of individual fights in mixed martial arts sporting competitions. Observers, unfamiliar with the outcome, were presented with image pairs and asked to choose which of the 2 men was more likely to win if they fought while other observers chose between the faces based on masculinity, strength, aggressiveness, and attractiveness. We found that individuals performed atrates above chance in correctly selecting the winner as more likely to win the fight than the loser. We also found that winners were seen to be more masculine, stronger, and more aggressive than losers. Finally, women saw the winners as m

Druh

J_x - Nezařazeno - Článek v odborném periodiku (Jimp, Jsc a Jost)

CEP obor

EG - Zoologie

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA15-05048S" target="_blank" >GA15-05048S: Utváření prvního dojmu na základě vícero modalit: mezikulturní perspektiva</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Behavioral Ecology

ISSN

1045-2249

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

26

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

6

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

1470-1475

Kód UT WoS článku

000365704900007

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-84950977161