Hands as Sex Cues: Sensitivity Measures, Male Bias Measures, and Implications for Sex Perception Mechanisms

Justin Gaetano; Rick van der Zwan; Duncan Blair; Anna Brooks

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0091032

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Hands as Sex Cues: Sensitivity Measures, Male Bias Measures, and Implications for Sex Perception Mechanisms

Justin Gaetano ,

* E-mail: justin.gaetano@scu.edu.au

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Rick van der Zwan,

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Duncan Blair,

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Anna Brooks

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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Hands as Sex Cues: Sensitivity Measures, Male Bias Measures, and Implications for Sex Perception Mechanisms

Justin Gaetano,
Rick van der Zwan,
Duncan Blair,
Anna Brooks

Published: March 6, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0091032

About the Authors

Justin Gaetano

* E-mail: justin.gaetano@scu.edu.au

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia

Rick van der Zwan

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia

Duncan Blair

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia

Anna Brooks

Affiliation Cognitive Neuroscience Research Cluster, Southern Cross University, Coffs Harbour, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG RvdZ AB. Performed the experiments: JG. Analyzed the data: JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DB. Wrote the paper: JG RvdZ AB.

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