The effect of skin surface topography and skin colouration cues on perception of male facial age, health and attractiveness
The effect of skin surface topography and skin colouration cues on perception of male facial age, health and attractiveness
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DOI：
10.1111/ics.12451
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发表时间：
2018-04-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Gundlach, S.
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作者：
Fink, B.;Matts, P. J.;Gundlach, S.
先前的研究调查了皮肤表面形貌和肤色线索对女性面孔感知的影响，报告了皮肤形貌和肤色均匀度感知的差异权重，其中形貌是感知年龄的更强视觉线索，而肤色均匀度是感知健康的更强视觉线索。我们在一项研究中扩展了这些发现，研究皮肤表面形貌和颜色均匀度线索对男性面部年龄，健康和吸引力的感知的影响。（年龄40至70岁），选择共同表现线条/皱纹和变色，数字化操作以产生八个刺激，即，分别去除这两个特征（a）在前额上，（B）在眶周区域，（c）在脸颊上和（d）在整个面部。综合（面内）成对组合，包括原始（未修改）的脸，共240名男性和女性的法官，他们选择的脸，他们认为年轻，健康和更有吸引力的。与去除皮肤着色线索相比，结合去除皮肤表面形貌导致更年轻的年龄感知，而健康偏好则发现相反的模式。在吸引力的感知方面没有发现差异。这些感知效果在前额和脸颊上尤其明显。去除皮肤地形线索（但不变色）在眶周区域导致更高的偏好，所有三个attributes.ConclusionSkin表面地形和着色线索影响的看法，年龄，健康和吸引力的男性的脸。综合去除前额、脸颊和眶周区域的这些特征会产生最积极的评估。
ObjectivePrevious studies investigating the effects of skin surface topography and colouration cues on the perception of female faces reported a differential weighting for the perception of skin topography and colour evenness, where topography was a stronger visual cue for the perception of age, whereas skin colour evenness was a stronger visual cue for the perception of health. We extend these findings in a study of the effect of skin surface topography and colour evenness cues on the perceptions of facial age, health and attractiveness in males.MethodsFacial images of six men (aged 40 to 70 years), selected for co-expression of lines/wrinkles and discolouration, were manipulated digitally to create eight stimuli, namely, separate removal of these two features (a) on the forehead, (b) in the periorbital area, (c) on the cheeks and (d) across the entire face. Omnibus (within-face) pairwise combinations, including the original (unmodified) face, were presented to a total of 240 male and female judges, who selected the face they considered younger, healthier and more attractive.ResultsSignificant effects were detected for facial image choice, in response to skin feature manipulation. The combined removal of skin surface topography resulted in younger age perception compared with that seen with the removal of skin colouration cues, whereas the opposite pattern was found for health preference. No difference was detected for the perception of attractiveness. These perceptual effects were seen particularly on the forehead and cheeks. Removing skin topography cues (but not discolouration) in the periorbital area resulted in higher preferences for all three attributes.ConclusionSkin surface topography and colouration cues affect the perception of age, health and attractiveness in men's faces. The combined removal of these features on the forehead, cheeks and in the periorbital area results in the most positive assessments.