Lateral feature displacement and perceived facial attractiveness. 2001

J Friedenberg
Department of Psychology, Manhattan College, Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY 10471, USA. jfrieden@manhattan.edu

Pairs of vertically adjacent facial features were laterally displaced in the same or opposite direction. Undergraduates rated the resulting images on attractiveness. Displacements were first made on normal faces. Symmetric faces were not rated more attractive than normal controls. Faces with two alternating adjacent pairs were rated lower than faces with one or no alternating pairs. In Exp. 2, the same displacements were made from symmetrical faces to control for distance. Symmetric faces again were not rated higher than normal ones, and both conditions were considered more attractive than faces with any type of displacement. This latter result suggests a greater sensitivity to feature displacement when performed from symmetry.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005145 Face The anterior portion of the head that includes the skin, muscles, and structures of the forehead, eyes, nose, mouth, cheeks, and jaw. Faces
D005146 Facial Asymmetry Congenital or acquired asymmetry of the face. Asymmetries, Facial,Asymmetry, Facial,Facial Asymmetries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D012938 Social Perception The perceiving of attributes, characteristics, and behaviors of one's associates or social groups. Perception, Social,Perceptions, Social,Social Perceptions
D014796 Visual Perception The selecting and organizing of visual stimuli based on the individual's past experience. Visual Processing,Perception, Visual,Processing, Visual

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