Effect of Weight and Sex on Perception of Line Length
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 44 (3) , 783-786
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1977.44.3.783
Abstract
56 obese and 103 normal-weight college students were asked to make line-length estimations of lines on either a light of dark background. Analysis of the results showed significant interactions between weight and contrast and sex and contrast, with the line estimations by women and normal-weight individuals being more dependent on the contrast.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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