Walk this way? Masculine motion seems to come at you, while females walk away
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 - 11:00
in Psychology & Sociology
You can tell a lot about people from the way they move alone: their gender, age, and even their mood, earlier studies have shown. Now, researchers reporting in the 9th September issue of Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, have found that observers perceive masculine motion as coming toward them, while a characteristically feminine walk looks like it's headed the other way...
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