Head-body ratio as a visual cue for stature in people and sculptural art

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Mather, George;
(2010)
Body size is crucial for determining the outcome of competition for resources and mates. Many species use acoustic cues to measure caller body size. Vision is the pre-eminent sense for humans, but visual depth cues are of limited utility in judgments of absolute body si... View more
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