Symmetry, averageness, and feature size in the facial attractiveness of women

Baudouin, Jean‐Yves; Tiberghien, Guy

doi:10.1016/j.actpsy.2004.07.002

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“…This is consistent with attractiveness theory because long-nosed faces are less attractive than short-nosed ones [5,6] and agreeing to requests has been negatively related to physical attractiveness [8]. Attractiveness theory is based on an ecolutionary perspective, according to which we have evolved so that attractiveness confers advantages [9].…”

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“…The nose, particularly its length, has been related to attractiveness [5][6][7], and people with longer noses are perceived as less attractive than people with shorter noses. Because compliance is positively related to attractiveness [8], it was predicted that participants would be less likely to pass the salt to person with long nose compared to person with short (normal) nose.…”

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Expected Results Show that a Longer Nose Means Slower Times for Passing the Salt and Pepper: A Second Report

Patrick¹,

Néz²,

Minér³

2016

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We present the second expected report if proposal from Miner et al. is confirmed by case experiment. Eighty female student subjects were tested by being asked to pass salt or pepper by another student (male or female). The latter were in league with the researchers and had either the nose long or the nose normal. The subjects took longer to pass the pepper when the request was made by the confederate with the nose long, particularly if a man. The results are discussed in terms of theory and future research.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Expected Results Show that a Longer Nose Means Slower Times for Passing the Salt and Pepper: A Second Report

Patrick¹,

Néz²,

Minér³

2016

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“…A fixed set of points was marked on each face using the mouse (figure 1). These points indicated the shape and position of internal features that were similar to those used in other studies ( Jones 1995;Baudouin & Tiberghien 2004). The width, height, length and thickness of the features were all determined by computing the distance between two points.…”

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Facialmetric similarities mediate mate choice: sexual imprinting on opposite-sex parents

2008

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Former studies have suggested that imprinting-like processes influence the shaping of human mate preferences. In this study, we provide more direct evidence for assessing facial resemblance between subjects' partner and subjects' parents. Fourteen facial proportions were measured on 312 adults belonging to 52 families, and the correlations between family members were compared with those of pairs randomly selected from the population. Spouses proved to be assortatively mated in the majority of measured facial proportions. Significant correlations have been found between the young men and their partner's father (but not his mother), especially on facial proportions belonging to the central area of the face. Women also showed resemblance to their partner's mother (but not to their father) in the facial characteristics of their lower face. Replicating our previous studies, facial photographs of participants were also matched by independent judges who ascribed higher resemblance between partners, and subjects and their partners' opposite-sex parents, compared with controls. Our results support the sexual imprinting hypothesis which states that children shape a mental template of their opposite-sex parents and search for a partner who resembles that perceptual schema. The fact that only the facial metrics of opposite-sex parents showed resemblance to the partner's face tends to rule out the role of familiarity in shaping mating preferences. Our findings also reject several other rival hypotheses. The adaptive value of imprintingrelated human mating is discussed, and a hypothesis is made of why different facial areas are involved in males' and females' search for resemblance.

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“…According to the current theories of evolutionary psychology, the esthetic assessment of adult faces depends on various combinations of averageness, symmetry, neoteny (babyness) and youthfulness, and sexual dimorphism [19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]. Additionally, facial expression (happiness, excitement, arousal) and grooming (successful adaptation, status) concur to a global positive assessment [21].…”

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Three-Dimensional Facial Asymmetry in Attractive and Normal People from Childhood to Young Adulthood

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Abstract:We are currently investigating measurable esthetic characteristics in persons considered "attractive" by the media. Three-dimensional soft-tissue facial asymmetry was quantified in 380 attractive (148 males, 232 females) and 669 control (397 males, 272 females) healthy persons aged 4-30 years. The coordinates of 50 facial landmarks were collected by a computerized digitizer, and asymmetry computed. Soft-tissue facial asymmetries reduced as a function of age in all cases. Attractive children were more symmetric than control children, but the reverse was true for young adults. The effect of symmetry on attractiveness seems to change as a function of age.

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Symmetry, averageness, and feature size in the facial attractiveness of women

Cited by 243 publications

References 29 publications

Expected Results Show that a Longer Nose Means Slower Times for Passing the Salt and Pepper: A Second Report

Expected Results Show that a Longer Nose Means Slower Times for Passing the Salt and Pepper: A Second Report

Facialmetric similarities mediate mate choice: sexual imprinting on opposite-sex parents

Three-Dimensional Facial Asymmetry in Attractive and Normal People from Childhood to Young Adulthood

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