Fink, Bernhard

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e113106"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","11"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Trivers, Robert"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Russell, Mark"],["dc.contributor.author","McCarty, Kristofor"],["dc.contributor.author","James, Bruce"],["dc.contributor.author","Palestis, Brian G."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:32:36Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:32:36Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","In a study of degree of lower body symmetry in 73 elite Jamaican track and field athletes we show that both their knees and ankles (but not their feet) are-on average-significantly more symmetrical than those of 116 similarly aged controls from the rural Jamaican countryside. Within the elite athletes, events ranged from the 100 to the 800 m, and knee and ankle asymmetry was lower for those running the 100 m dashes than those running the longer events with turns. Nevertheless, across all events those with more symmetrical knees and ankles (but not feet) had better results compared to international standards. Regression models considering lower body symmetry combined with gender, age and weight explain 27 to 28% of the variation in performance among athletes, with symmetry related to about 5% of this variation. Within 100 m sprinters, the results suggest that those with more symmetrical knees and ankles ran faster. Altogether, our work confirms earlier findings that knee and probably ankle symmetry are positively associated with sprinting performance, while extending these findings to elite athletes."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open Access Publikationsfonds 2014"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0113106"],["dc.identifier.isi","000345158700113"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25401732"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11137"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/31788"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Public Library Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 3.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"],["dc.title","Lower Body Symmetry and Running Performance in Elite Jamaican Track and Field Athletes"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","e0136208"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","8"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","PLoS ONE"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","10"],["dc.contributor.author","Butovskaya, Marina L."],["dc.contributor.author","Lazebny, Oleg E."],["dc.contributor.author","Vasilyev, Vasiliy A."],["dc.contributor.author","Dronova, Daria A."],["dc.contributor.author","Karelin, Dmitri V."],["dc.contributor.author","Mabulla, Audax Z. P."],["dc.contributor.author","Shibalev, Dmitri V."],["dc.contributor.author","Shackelford, Todd K."],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Ryskov, Alexey P."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:53:12Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:53:12Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","The androgen receptor (AR) gene polymorphism in humans is linked to aggression and may also be linked to reproduction. Here we report associations between AR gene polymorphism and aggression and reproduction in two small-scale societies in northern Tanzania (Africa)-the Hadza (monogamous foragers) and the Datoga (polygynous pastoralists). We secured self-reports of aggression and assessed genetic polymorphism of the number of CAG repeats for the AR gene for 210 Hadza men and 229 Datoga men (aged 17-70 years). We conducted structural equation modeling to identify links between AR gene polymorphism, aggression, and number of children born, and included age and ethnicity as covariates. Fewer AR CAG repeats predicted greater aggression, and Datoga men reported more aggression than did Hadza men. In addition, aggression mediated the identified negative relationship between CAG repeats and number of children born."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1371/journal.pone.0136208"],["dc.identifier.isi","000359919900065"],["dc.identifier.pmid","26291982"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/12088"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/36283"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Public Library Science"],["dc.relation.issn","1932-6203"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Androgen Receptor Gene Polymorphism, Aggression, and Reproduction in Tanzanian Foragers and Pastoralists"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","1427"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","8"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Wübker, Marieke"],["dc.contributor.author","Ostner, Julia"],["dc.contributor.author","Butovskaya, Marina L."],["dc.contributor.author","Mezentseva, Anna"],["dc.contributor.author","Muñoz Reyes, José Antonio"],["dc.contributor.author","Sela, Yael"],["dc.contributor.author","Shackelford, Todd K."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-02-08T08:44:51Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-02-08T08:44:51Z"],["dc.date.issued","2017"],["dc.description.abstract","Previous research documents that men and women can accurately judge male physical strength from gait, but also that the sexes differ in attractiveness judgments of strong and weak male walkers. Women's (but not men's) attractiveness assessments of strong male walkers are higher than for weak male walkers. Here, we extend this research to assessments of strong and weak male walkers in Chile, Germany, and Russia. Men and women judged videos of virtual characters, animated with the walk movements of motion-captured men, on strength and attractiveness. In two countries (Germany and Russia), these videos were additionally presented at 70% (slower) and 130% (faster) of their original speed. Stronger walkers were judged to be stronger and more attractive than weak walkers, and this effect was independent of country (but not sex). Women tended to provide higher attractiveness judgments to strong walkers, and men tended to provide higher attractiveness judgments to weak walkers. In addition, German and Russian participants rated strong walkers most attractive at slow and fast speed. Thus, across countries men and women can assess male strength from gait, although they tended to differ in attractiveness assessments of strong and weak male walkers. Attractiveness assessments of male gait may be influenced by society-specific emphasis on male physical strength."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open-Access-Publikationsfonds 2017"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01427"],["dc.identifier.pmid","28878720"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14602"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/12049"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.intern","In goescholar not merged with http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14604 but duplicate"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media S.A."],["dc.relation.eissn","1664-1078"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.access","openAccess"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.subject.ddc","530"],["dc.title","Cross-Cultural Investigation of Male Gait Perception in Relation to Physical Strength and Speed"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","32"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","37"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","43"],["dc.contributor.author","Sorokowski, Piotr"],["dc.contributor.author","Sorokowska, Agnieszka"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Mberira, Mara"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:16:07Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:16:07Z"],["dc.date.issued","2012"],["dc.description.abstract","In Western societies women prefer relatively taller men as potential partners, whereas men prefer women to be slightly shorter than them. Here we report data on relative height preferences in a traditional ethnic group, i.e. the Himba, in which men and women do not show such a strong preference. Thus our data challenges the view of a universal preference for taller men, by suggesting that height preferences may be influenced by environmental and ecological conditions."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1177/0022022110395140"],["dc.identifier.isi","000298258700004"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/13091"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/27863"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Sage Publications Inc"],["dc.relation.issn","0022-0221"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.title","Variable Preferences for Sexual Dimorphism in Stature (SDS) Might Not Be Universal: Data From a Semi-Nomad Population (Himba) in Namibia"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","9"],["dc.contributor.author","Gallup, Andrew C."],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.date.accessioned","2020-12-10T18:46:50Z"],["dc.date.available","2020-12-10T18:46:50Z"],["dc.date.issued","2018"],["dc.description.abstract","Handgrip strength (HGS) is a robust measure of overall muscular strength and function, and has long been predictive of a multitude of health factors and physical outcomes for both men and women. The fact that HGS represents such a ubiquitous measure of health and vitality may reflect the significance of this trait during human evolution. This trait is also highly sexually dimorphic due to influences of androgenic hormones and fat-free body mass, suggesting that it has been further elaborated through sexual selection. Consistent with this view, research within evolutionary psychology and related fields has documented distinct relationships between HGS and measures of social and sexual behavior, especially in men. Here, we review studies across different societies and cultural contexts showing that male HGS predicts measures of aggression and social dominance, perceived formidability, male-typical body morphology and movement, courtship display, physical attractiveness, and sexual behavior and reproductive fitness. These findings underscore the value of including HGS as an independent measure within studies examining human sexual selection, and corroborate existing research suggesting that specific features of physical strength have and continue to be under positive directional selection in men."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00439"],["dc.identifier.eissn","1664-1078"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/78563"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI Import GROB-354"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media S.A."],["dc.relation.eissn","1664-1078"],["dc.rights","http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"],["dc.title","Handgrip Strength as a Darwinian Fitness Indicator in Men"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","66"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Evolutionary Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","89"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","8"],["dc.contributor.author","Hugill, Nadine"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Neave, Nick"],["dc.date.accessioned","2019-07-10T08:13:40Z"],["dc.date.available","2019-07-10T08:13:40Z"],["dc.date.issued","2010"],["dc.description.abstract","It is common scientific knowledge, that most of what we say within a conversation is not only expressed by the words’ meaning alone, but also through our gestures, postures, and body movements. This non-verbal mode is possibly rooted firmly in our human evolutionary heritage, and as such, some scientists argue that it serves as a fundamental assessment and expression tool for our inner qualities. Studies of nonverbal communication have established that a universal, culture-free, non-verbal sign system exists, that is available to all individuals for negotiating social encounters. Thus, it is not only the kind of gestures and expressions humans use in social communication, but also the way these movements are performed, as this seems to convey key information about an individual’s quality. Dance, for example, is a special form of movement, which can be observed in human courtship displays. Recent research suggests that people are sensitive to the variation in dance movements, and that dance performance provides information about an individual’s mate quality in terms of health and strength. This article reviews the role of body movement in human non-verbal communication, and highlights its significance in human mate preferences in order to promote future work in this research area within the evolutionary psychology framework."],["dc.identifier.fs","581906"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/7259"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/61308"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.relation.orgunit","Fakultät für Biologie und Psychologie"],["dc.rights","Goescholar"],["dc.rights.uri","https://goescholar.uni-goettingen.de/licenses"],["dc.subject.ddc","570"],["dc.title","The Role of Human Body Movements in Mate Selection"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","FRONTIERS IN ENDOCRINOLOGY"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","5"],["dc.contributor.author","Manning, John T."],["dc.contributor.author","Kilduff, Liam"],["dc.contributor.author","Cook, Christian"],["dc.contributor.author","Crewther, Blair"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:47:17Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:47:17Z"],["dc.date.issued","2014"],["dc.description.abstract","Digit ratio (2D:4D) denotes the relative length of the second and fourth digits. This ratio is considered to be a biomarker of the balance between fetal testosterone (T) and estrogen (E) in a narrow window of early ontogeny. Evidence for this assertion is derived from direct and indirect measures of prenatal hormonal exposure (in experimental animals, via amniotic fluid samples and in the study of sex-typical traits) in relation to 2D:4D. In contrast, the relationships between 2D:4D and levels of sex steroids in adults are less clear, as many correlational studies of 2D:4D and adult sex steroids have concluded that this association is statistically non-significant. Here, we suggest that in order to understand the link between 2D:4D and sex hormones, one must consider both fetal organizing and adult activating effects of T and E. In particular, we hypothesize that 2D:4D correlates with organizing effects on the endocrine system that moderate activating effects in adulthood. We argue that this is particularly evident in \"challenging\" conditions such as aggressive and sexual encounters, in which individuals show increased levels of T. We discuss this refinement of the 2D:4D paradigm in relation to the links between 2D:4D and sports performance, and aggression."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fendo.2014.00009"],["dc.identifier.isi","000209749800013"],["dc.identifier.pmid","24523714"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11790"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/35074"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media Sa"],["dc.relation.issn","1664-2392"],["dc.rights","CC BY 3.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0"],["dc.title","Digit ratio (2D:4D): a biomarker for prenatal sex steroids and adult sex steroids in challenge situations"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","220"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","6"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Weege, Bettina"],["dc.contributor.author","Neave, Nick"],["dc.contributor.author","Pham, Michael N."],["dc.contributor.author","Shackelford, Todd K."],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T09:59:48Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T09:59:48Z"],["dc.date.issued","2015"],["dc.description.abstract","People judge attractiveness and make trait inferences from the physical appearance of others, and research reveals high agreement among observers making such judgments. Evolutionary psychologists have argued that interest in physical appearance and beauty reflects adaptations that motivate the search for desirable qualities in a potential partner. Although men more than women value the physical appearance of a partner, appearance universally affects social perception in both sexes. Most studies of attractiveness perceptions have focused on third party assessments of static representations of the face and body. Corroborating evidence suggests that body movement, such as dance, also conveys information about mate quality. Here we review evidence that dynamic cues (e.g., gait, dance) also influence perceptions of mate quality, including personality traits, strength, and overall attractiveness. We recommend that attractiveness research considers the informational value of body movement in addition to static cues, to present an integrated perspective on human social perception."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Open Access Publikationsfonds 2015"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00220"],["dc.identifier.isi","000350280000001"],["dc.identifier.pmid","25784887"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/11855"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/37670"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media S.A."],["dc.relation.eissn","1664-1078"],["dc.relation.issn","1664-1078"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Integrating body movement into attractiveness research"],["dc.type","review"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.artnumber","1893"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Frontiers in Psychology"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","7"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Hufschmidt, Carla"],["dc.contributor.author","Hirn, Thomas"],["dc.contributor.author","Will, Susanne"],["dc.contributor.author","McKelvey, Graham"],["dc.contributor.author","Lankhof, John"],["dc.date.accessioned","2018-11-07T10:04:24Z"],["dc.date.available","2018-11-07T10:04:24Z"],["dc.date.issued","2016"],["dc.description.abstract","The social significance of physical appearance and beauty has been documented in many studies. It is known that even subtle manipulations of facial morphology and skin condition can alter people's perception of a person's age, health and attractiveness. While the variation in facial morphology and skin condition cues has been studied quite extensively, comparably little is known on the effect of hair on social perception. This has been partly caused by the technical difficulty of creating appropriate stimuli for investigations of people's response to systematic variation of certain hair characteristics, such as color and style, while keeping other features constant. Here, we present a modeling approach to the investigation of human hair perception using computer generated, virtual (rendered) human hair. In three experiments, we manipulated hair diameter (Experiment 1), hair density (Experiment 2), and hair style (Experiment 3) of human (female) head hair and studied perceptions of age, health and attractiveness. Our results show that even subtle changes in these features have an impact on hair perception. We discuss our findings with reference to previous studies on condition dependent quality cues in women that influence human social perception, thereby suggesting that hair is a salient feature of human physical appearance, which contributes to the perception of beauty."],["dc.description.sponsorship","Wella Professional RD, Germany"],["dc.identifier.doi","10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01893"],["dc.identifier.isi","000390132100001"],["dc.identifier.pmid","28066276"],["dc.identifier.purl","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gs-1/14120"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/38690"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","Merged from goescholar"],["dc.notes.status","zu prüfen"],["dc.notes.submitter","Najko"],["dc.publisher","Frontiers Media S.A."],["dc.relation.eissn","1664-1078"],["dc.relation.issn","1664-1078"],["dc.rights","CC BY 4.0"],["dc.rights.uri","https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"],["dc.title","Age, Health and Attractiveness Perception of Virtual (Rendered) Human Hair"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dc.type.status","published"],["dc.type.version","published_version"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]