Nadine Hugill


Main scientific interests

• “Emmy-Noether Research Group” – Evolutionary Psychology
• sexual selection in humans
• human physical attractiveness


Working areas

• role of body motion in human nonverbal communication
• visual perception and assessment of human body movement
• biological motion in attractiveness research


Academic Biography

2001 – 2007 Studies of biology at the University of Göttingen

2003 – 2006 main study period at the University of Göttingen
main subjects: anthropology/soziobiology, zoology and pathology
(medicine)

2006 – 2007 diploma thesis at the University of Göttingen with the title:
“Biological function of artificial ornaments in humans: Tattoos as signals in
sexual selection”

Since 2008 PhD-Thesis at the Department of Sociobiology/Anthropology at
the University of Göttingen: “The relevance of human body movements in
the context of mate choice”


Memberships/Cooperations

member of the mve-list: "Menschliches Verhalten in Evolutionärer
Perspektive"
scientific cooperation with the Northumbria University Newcastle


CRC-relevant publications

Hugill, N., Fink, B., & Neave, N. (in press). Men’s physical strength is associated with women’s perceptions of their dancing ability. Personality & Individual Differences.