The thighs have it: evidence for the importance of lower body regions in female body size judgments
Our findings demonstrate that accurate judgment of female body size does not require holistic processing but does involve integration of multiple features within the lower body region. These results have implications for understanding the perceptual processes involved in body size estimation with potential for broader considerations of body image disorders.
Authors
- Laura Dondzilo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3714-2662)
- Jason Bell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-5292)
- Briana L. Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3155-7800)
- Lia Marinko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5802-7175)
- Kei-Kei Koh
Institutions
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-025-02444-z
- Primary Topic
- Body Composition Measurement Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00