Wohlrab, Silke

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[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1337"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","3"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Perceptual and Motor Skills"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","1349"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","104"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, Silke"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Pyritz, Lennart W."],["dc.contributor.author","Rahlfs, Moritz"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter M."],["dc.date.accessioned","2021-06-01T10:48:39Z"],["dc.date.available","2021-06-01T10:48:39Z"],["dc.date.issued","2007"],["dc.description.abstract","Signaling mate quality through visual adornments is a common phenomenon in animals and humans. However, humans are probably the only species who applies artificial ornaments. Such deliberate alterations of the skin, e.g., tattoos and scarring patterns, have been discussed by researchers as potential handicap signals, but there is still very little information about a potential biological signaling value of body modification. In this study eye-tracking was employed to investigate the signaling value of tattoos and other body modification. Measurement of gaze duration of 50 individuals while watching plain, scarred, accessorized, and tattooed bodies of artificial human images indicated that participants looked significantly longer at tattooed than at scarred, accessorized, and plain bodies. Generally, male participants paid more attention to tattooed stimuli of both sexes. More detailed analyses showed that particularly female tattooed stimuli were looked at longer. These findings are discussed within an evolutionary framework by suggesting that tattoos might have some signaling value which influences the perception of both male and female conspecifics and may hence also affect mating decisions."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.2466/pms.104.4.1337-1349"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150868"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/86009"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.intern","DOI-Import GROB-425"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.eissn","1558-688X"],["dc.relation.issn","0031-5125"],["dc.title","Visual Attention to Plain and Ornamented Human Bodies: An Eye-Tracking Study"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","yes"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","931"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","7"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","European Journal of Personality"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","951"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","21"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, Silke"],["dc.contributor.author","Stahl, Jutta"],["dc.contributor.author","Rammsayer, Thomas"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:48:26Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:48:26Z"],["dc.date.issued","2007"],["dc.description.abstract","After a long history of negative stigmatisation, the practices of tattooing and body piercing have become fashionable in the last decade. Today, 10% of the population in modern western societies have some form of body modification. The aim of this study was to quantify the demographic and personality traits of tattooed and pierced individuals and to compare them with a control group of individuals without body modifications. These comparisons are based on questionnaires completed by 359 individuals that investigate the details of body modification, and which incorporate five personality scales. We describe several sex differences in ornament style and location. We found no relevant differences between modified and non-modified individuals in relation to demographic variables. This indicates that some of the traditional attitudes towards tattoos and piercings appear to be outdated. However, we found striking differences in personality traits which suggest that body-modified individuals are greater sensation seekers and follow a more unrestricted mating strategy than their non-modified contemporaries. We discuss these differences in light of a potential signalling function of tattoos and piercings in the mating context."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1002/per.642"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150827"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7620"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0890-2070"],["dc.title","Differences in personality characteristics between body-modified and non-modified individuals: associations with individual personality traits and their possible evolutionary implications"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Journal of Individual Differences"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","5"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","30"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, Silke"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Brewer, Gayle"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:48:58Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:48:58Z"],["dc.date.issued","2009"],["dc.description.abstract","Individuals with body modifications, such as tattoos, have been shown to differ from nonmodified individuals in sensation-seeking personality characteristics and sociosexuality. This study examined possible differences in people s attributions of those characteristics toward virtual human characters varying in body modification. Some 287 participants rated tattooed and nontattooed bodies of avatars on aspects of sensation seeking and number of previous sexual partners. Tattooed stimuli were rated as more experience, thrill, and adventure seeking as well as more likely to have a high number of previous sexual partners and as less inhibited when compared to nontattooed stimuli, and this was particularly true for male stimuli. It was concluded that people with body modifications, such as tattoos, are perceived differently compared to nontattooed individuals in terms of sensation seeking and previous sexual partner number, this being particularly true for men. Findings are discussed with reference to the evolutionary model of human sexual selection."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1027/1614-0001.30.1.1"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150929"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7731"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1614-0001"],["dc.title","Differences in Personality Attributions Toward Tattooed and Nontattooed Virtual Human Characters"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","202"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","2"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Personality and Individual Differences"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","206"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","46"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, Silke"],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter"],["dc.contributor.author","Brewer, Gayle"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:49:01Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:49:01Z"],["dc.date.issued","2008"],["dc.description.abstract","The enhancement of physical attractiveness through body modifications, such as tattoos is evident in a wide range of cultures and has recently become popular also in Westernized societies. Evolutionary psychologists have suggested that these invasive body modifications could possibly act as handicap signals in sexual selection. However, knowledge about the actual signalling quality of body modification and its perception is still scarce. In this present study a sample of 278 men and women rated images of tattooed and non-tattooed virtual human characters for perceived aggression, attractiveness, dominance, health, masculinity (male figures), and femininity (female figures). Tattooed male characters were perceived as more dominant, and tattooed female characters as less healthy compared with their non-tattooed counterparts. Female raters were more likely to perceive tattooed men as healthy than male raters. We discuss these results in view of a potential biological signalling function of tattoos."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.paid.2008.09.031"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150932"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7734"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","0191-8869"],["dc.subject","Body modification; Tattoo; Quality signal; Perception Mate; choice Competition"],["dc.title","Perception of human body modification"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","no"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","87"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.issue","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Body Image"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","95"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","4"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, Silke"],["dc.contributor.author","Stahl, Jutta"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-09-07T11:48:57Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-09-07T11:48:57Z"],["dc.date.issued","2007"],["dc.description.abstract","Body modifications have been prevalent for centuries and are practiced for a great variety of reasons. Lately, tattoos and body piercings have become increasingly popular. Thus, a profound understanding of the underlying motivations behind obtaining tattoos and body piercings nowadays is required. A considerable body of research on motivational aspects already exists, mainly using explorative approaches to describe motivations. In this paper we provide a review of the existing relevant literature. Furthermore, we establish ten broad motivational categories, comprising motivations for getting tattooed and body pierced, for reference in future research."],["dc.identifier.doi","10.1016/j.bodyim.2006.12.001"],["dc.identifier.gro","3150915"],["dc.identifier.pmid","18089255"],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/7715"],["dc.language.iso","en"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.relation.issn","1740-1445"],["dc.title","Modifying the body: Motivations for getting tattooed and pierced"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dc.type.peerReviewed","yes"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]

[["dc.bibliographiccitation.firstpage","1"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.journal","Mitteilungen der Anthropologischen Gesellschaft in Wien"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.lastpage","10"],["dc.bibliographiccitation.volume","134/135"],["dc.contributor.author","Wohlrab, S."],["dc.contributor.author","Fink, Bernhard"],["dc.contributor.author","Kappeler, Peter"],["dc.date.accessioned","2017-11-15T11:56:22Z"],["dc.date.available","2017-11-15T11:56:22Z"],["dc.date.issued","2005"],["dc.description.abstract","Tatowierungen, Piercings und Skarifizierungen haben eine lange Geschichte und sind in vielen Kulturen zu finden. In dieser Arbeit fassen wir die gangigsten Erklarun— gen fiir diese Korpermodifikationen zusammen. Obwohl ihre Auspragungen und Funktionen vielfaltig und zwischen Kulturen und Zeitaltern vergleichbar sind, gibt es keine einheitlichen ethnologischen Erklarungen fiir deren Existenz und Diversit'at. Aus biologischer Sicht ist der Erhalt solcher Merkmale, der mit Kosten in Form von Gesundheitsrisiken verbunden ist, bislang wenig untersucht. In einigen Studien wur— den Mechanismen der sexuellen Selektion fiir das Vorkommen und die Auspréigungen dieses invasiven KOrperschmucks mit verantwortlich gemacht.Mitt1erwei1e verdichten sich die Hinweise darauf, dass ahnliche Mechanismen auch in modernen, westlichen Kulturen wirken, so dass die zunehmende Popularitat von Korperschmuck sich offen— bar auch teilweise auf grundlegende biologische Determinanten des menschlichenVer- haltens zuriickfiihren lasst."],["dc.description.abstract","Practices of tattooing, body piercing and scarification have a long history and can be found in many cultures. In this paper, we review current explanations for these body modifications. Although their appearance and functions are highly diverse and com— parable across cultures and time, there are no comprehensive ethnological explana— tions for their existence and diversity. From a biological point of view, the preservation of such costly signals (with respect to associated health risks) has received little atten- tion. Some studies have attributed the prevalence and appearance of invasive body ornaments to sexual selection. Evidence that similar mechanisms might also act in modern Western societies is accumulating, so that its recently increasing pOpularity may partly be also attributable to biological determinants of human behavior."],["dc.identifier.uri","https://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gro-2/10017"],["dc.language.iso","de"],["dc.notes.status","final"],["dc.title","Menschlicher Körperschmuck aus evolutionärer Perspektive - Diversität und Funktionen von Tätowierungen, Piercings und Skarifizierungen"],["dc.type","journal_article"],["dc.type.internalPublication","unknown"],["dspace.entity.type","Publication"]]