Something to smile about: The interrelationship between attractiveness and emotional expression
Something to smile about: The interrelationship between attractiveness and emotional expression
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DOI：
10.1080/02699931.2013.817383
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发表时间：
2014-02-17
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Lobmaier, Janek S.
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作者：
Golle, Jessika;Mast, Fred W.;Lobmaier, Janek S.
先前的研究表明，面部情绪表达的处理与它的吸引力之间存在联系。在两个实验中，我们调查了吸引力和幸福之间的相互关系。在实验1中，我们展示了不同吸引力和快乐程度的变形脸，并要求参与者从同时呈现的两张脸中选择更有吸引力的那一张。在第二个实验中，我们使用与实验1相同的刺激，并要求参与者选择更快乐的脸。实验1的结果显示，对吸引力的评价受到脸上微笑的强度的强烈影响：快乐的面部表情甚至可以弥补相对不吸引人的影响。相反，实验2的结果表明，面部吸引力也会影响对幸福的评价：如果更快乐的脸也更有吸引力，人们更容易选择两张脸中更快乐的那张。我们讨论了关于积极情感状态和奖励效应的进化相关性的幸福和吸引力的相互关系。
Previous studies have suggested a link between the processing of the emotional expression of a face and how attractive it appears. In two experiments we investigated the interrelationship between attractiveness and happiness. In Experiment 1 we presented morphed faces varying in attractiveness and happiness and asked participants to choose the more attractive of two simultaneously presented faces. In the second experiment we used the same stimuli as in Experiment 1 and asked participants to choose the happier face. The results of Experiment 1 revealed that the evaluation of attractiveness is strongly influenced by the intensity of a smile expressed on a face: A happy facial expression could even compensate for relative unattractiveness. Conversely, the findings of Experiment 2 showed that facial attractiveness also influences the evaluation of happiness: It was easier to choose the happier of two faces if the happier face was also more attractive. We discuss the interrelationship of happiness and attractiveness with regard to evolutionary relevance of positive affective status and rewarding effects.