Skin texture and colour predict perceived health in Asian faces

Tan, Kok Wei; Tiddeman, Bernard; Stephen, Ian D.

doi:10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.02.003

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“…All this may result in ratings higher than those based on viewing images on larger screens which do show more detail. For instance, several studies have reported that more homogenous skin is perceived as more attractive (Jones et al, 2004; Fink et al, 2006; Tsankova and Kappas, 2016; Jaeger et al, 2018; Tan et al, 2018). It is thus possible that lower visibility of such types of imperfections on mobile phones may lead to higher scores.…”

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360 Degrees of Facial Perception: Congruence in Perception of Frontal Portrait, Profile, and Rotation Photographs

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Studies in social perception traditionally use as stimuli frontal portrait photographs. It turns out, however, that 2D frontal depiction may not fully capture the entire morphological diversity of facial features. Recently, 3D images started to become increasingly popular, but whether their perception differs from the perception of 2D has not been systematically studied as yet. Here we investigated congruence in the perception of portrait, left profile, and 360° rotation photographs. The photographs were obtained from 45 male athletes under standardized conditions. In two separate studies, each set of images was rated for formidability (portraits by 62, profiles by 60, and 360° rotations by 94 raters) and attractiveness (portraits by 195, profiles by 176, and 360° rotations by 150 raters) on a 7-point scale. The ratings of the stimuli types were highly intercorrelated (for formidability all rs > 0.8, for attractiveness all rs > 0.7). Moreover, we found no differences in the mean ratings between the three types of stimuli, neither in formidability, nor in attractiveness. Overall, our results clearly suggest that different facial views convey highly overlapping information about structural facial elements of an individual. They lead to congruent assessments of formidability and attractiveness, and a single angle view seems sufficient for face perception research.

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360 Degrees of Facial Perception: Congruence in Perception of Frontal Portrait, Profile, and Rotation Photographs

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“…We interpret this as evidence that people seem to judge HIV risk more based on personality characteristics and less on cues for health. However, several cues that emerged in the cue-utilization analysis, such as ‘reddened eyes’ or ‘spotty skin’, are compatible with cue-utilizations reported for health [35,71,72]. More abstracted cues, such as an ‘exhausted’ or ‘sad’ facial expression were also related to judgments of HIV risk, and such cues have also been reported in the literature on health and disease perception based on facial appearance [72].…”

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“…These findings show that humans form impressions—whether about risk or trustworthiness—with ease, but they do not imply that the inferences are reliable or accurate. Additionally, both commonalities and differences have been found for cue-based judgements across cultural backgrounds, highlighting the importance of possible cross-cultural differences [35,36]. In sum, an extant literature in evolutionary psychology and face perception has identified that such cues matter in a wide array of judgements, such as trustworthiness, attractiveness, and health [35,37–39].…”

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“…Additionally, both commonalities and differences have been found for cue-based judgements across cultural backgrounds, highlighting the importance of possible cross-cultural differences [35,36]. In sum, an extant literature in evolutionary psychology and face perception has identified that such cues matter in a wide array of judgements, such as trustworthiness, attractiveness, and health [35,37–39]. Furthermore, there is a robust literature in social psychology regarding personality impressions based on thin slices of information [40], part of which also focuses on underlying cues [41–43].…”

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Visual cues that predict intuitive risk perception in the case of HIV

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Field studies indicate that people may form impressions about potential partners’ HIV risk, yet lack insight into what underlies such intuitions. The present study examined which cues may give rise to the perception of riskiness. Towards this end, portrait pictures of persons that are representative of the kinds of images found on social media were evaluated by independent raters on two sets of data: First, sixty visible cues deemed relevant to person perception, and second, perceived HIV risk and trustworthiness, health, and attractiveness. Here, we report correlations between cues and perceived HIV risk, exposing cue-criterion associations that may be used to infer intuitively HIV risk. Second, we trained a multiple cue-based model to forecast perceived HIV risk through cross-validated predictive modelling. Trained models accurately predicted how ‘risky’ a person was perceived ( r = 0.75) in a novel sample of portraits. Findings are discussed with respect to HIV risk stereotypes and implications regarding how to foster effective protective behaviors.

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“…Lip brightness was also included, and this may be imputable to a visible mouth contrast between the lips and surrounding skin [28]. The absence of skin yellowness among skin features influencing skin healthiness differs from another study conducted on Malaysian Chinese, where skin yellowness was positively associated with skin health [29]. It is, however, implied that Malaysian Chinese are culturally different from mainland Chinese, since they are substantially exposed to Western culture and thus may exhibit a preference for yellower skin, that was not observed in our study.…”

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Perceived age and perceived health among a Chinese cohort: Does it mean the same thing?

Messaraa¹,

Richard

Walsh³

et al. 2020

Intern J of Cosmetic Sci

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Background & Aims Previous investigations have aimed at investigating parameters affecting age perception on several ethnicities. Perceived health has been a newer focus on Caucasian skin, yet little is known on the skin features used to estimate the health status of Chinese women and we aimed to investigate whether these cues are the same as those used for age perception. Methods Age and health appearance of 276 Chinese female volunteers were estimated from their photographs by 1025 female naïve Chinese graders 20–69 years old. Models were built to predict perceived age and health from topographic, colour and biophysical measured variables, in two subsets of the studied volunteers: below and above 50 years. Machine learning‐based predictive models for age and health perception were built on the collected data, and the interpretability of the models was established by measuring feature importance. Results Age perception was mostly driven by topographic features, particularly eye bags and eyelid sagging in the group below 50 years old. Wrinkles, notably from the lower part of the face and oval of the lower face, were found to be more relevant in the group above 50 years. Health appearance was primarily signalled by skin imperfections and global pigmentation in the subset below 50 years, whereas colour‐related parameters and skin hydration acted as health cues for the subset above 50 years. Conclusion Distinct skin features were acting as cues for age perception and/or health perception and varied per age subset. Their contribution should be borne in mind when designing products for ‘younger looking skin’ and ‘healthier looking skin’.

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Skin texture and colour predict perceived health in Asian faces

Cited by 34 publications

References 77 publications

360 Degrees of Facial Perception: Congruence in Perception of Frontal Portrait, Profile, and Rotation Photographs

360 Degrees of Facial Perception: Congruence in Perception of Frontal Portrait, Profile, and Rotation Photographs

Visual cues that predict intuitive risk perception in the case of HIV

Perceived age and perceived health among a Chinese cohort: Does it mean the same thing?

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