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Symmetry and Dance: A Case of Scientific Fraud

  • Brian G. Palestis
  • Robert Trivers
  • Darine Zaatari
Brown, W.M., Cronk, L., Grochow, K., Jacobson, A., Liu, C.K., Popovic, Z. and Trivers, R. (2005). Dance reveals symmetry especially in young men. Nature, 438, 1148-1150. doi: 10.1038/nature04344

Brown and colleagues (2005) appeared to show a strong link between bodily symmetry (small fluctuating asymmetry or FA) and dance ability, with sex differences fitting predictions exactly....

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