Low fundamental and formant frequencies predict fighting ability among male mixed martial arts fighters
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Perceived aggressiveness predicts fighting performance in mixed-martial-arts fighters.
Accurate assessment of competitive ability is a critical component of contest behavior in animals, and it could be just as important in human competition, particularly in human ancestral populations. Here, we tested the role that facial perception plays in this assessment by investigating the association between both perceived aggressiveness and perceived fighting ability in fighters' faces and...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79408-6