Consequences of Beauty: Effects of Rater Sex and Sexual Orientation on the Visual Exploration and Evaluation of Attractiveness in Real World Scenes.
Consequences of Beauty: Effects of Rater Sex and Sexual Orientation on the Visual Exploration and Evaluation of Attractiveness in Real World Scenes.
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DOI：
10.3389/fnhum.2016.00122
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发表时间：
2016
影响因子：
2.9
通讯作者：
Leder H
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作者：
Mitrovic A;Tinio PP;Leder H
吸引力的关键行为效应之一是增加对有吸引力的人的视觉关注。这种效应通常被解释为进化适应，例如吸引力是健康的指标。其他因素可能会影响这种效果。在本研究中，我们探讨了性取向的调节作用，吸引力的探索性视觉行为的影响。异性恋和同性恋的男性和女性观看了自然的场景，这些场景描绘了两个女性或两个男性，他们的吸引力水平有系统地变化（基于预先研究）。参与者的眼球运动和对所描绘人物的吸引力评级被记录下来。结果表明，虽然吸引力对参与者的行为影响最大，但参与者的性取向强烈地调节了这种影响。除了同性恋女性之外，所有参与者都更长时间，更频繁地看着与他们的性取向相对应的迷人面孔。有趣的是，异性恋和同性恋男性和同性恋女性看他们不喜欢的性别的不太有吸引力的脸比他们喜欢的性别的不太有吸引力的脸更长，更经常，证据表明，不太有吸引力的首选性别的脸可能具有厌恶的性格。这些发现为性取向在指导视觉探索行为和评估他人吸引力方面发挥的重要作用提供了证据。
One of the key behavioral effects of attractiveness is increased visual attention to attractive people. This effect is often explained in terms of evolutionary adaptations, such as attractiveness being an indicator of good health. Other factors could influence this effect. In the present study, we explored the modulating role of sexual orientation on the effects of attractiveness on exploratory visual behavior. Heterosexual and homosexual men and women viewed natural-looking scenes that depicted either two women or two men who varied systematically in levels of attractiveness (based on a pre-study). Participants’ eye movements and attractiveness ratings toward the faces of the depicted people were recorded. The results showed that although attractiveness had the largest influence on participants’ behaviors, participants’ sexual orientations strongly modulated the effects. With the exception of homosexual women, all participant groups looked longer and more often at attractive faces that corresponded with their sexual orientations. Interestingly, heterosexual and homosexual men and homosexual women looked longer and more often at the less attractive face of their non-preferred sex than the less attractive face of their preferred sex, evidence that less attractive faces of the preferred sex might have an aversive character. These findings provide evidence for the important role that sexual orientation plays in guiding visual exploratory behavior and evaluations of the attractiveness of others.