For the study by University of Northumbria in the UK, 39 women were recorded dancing to a 125-beat-per-minute drum-based rhythm using motion-capture technology.
They were then turned into avatars to disguise their features and remove the possibility of judgements on how tall, attractive or well-dressed the individuals were.
The 15 second-clips were then shown to 57 men and 143 women - all heterosexual and over the age of 18 - in an online study. The participants were then asked to rate the dancing on a scale of one to seven.
"The other things were movements of the arms and thighs. We actually found that the more asymmetric movements were better," said Nick Neave, a psychologist from the University of Northumbria.
The research follows a previous work by the team which looked into male dance, concluding that men who tilted and twisted their necks and torsos in a variety of moves were deemed by others to be good dancers.
The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.
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