Eye-mouth-eye angle as a good indicator of face masculinization, asymmetry, and attractiveness (Homo sapiens)
Eye-mouth-eye angle as a good indicator of face masculinization, asymmetry, and attractiveness (Homo sapiens)
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DOI：
10.1037/0735-7036.121.2.221
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发表时间：
2007-05-01
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
Pawlowski, Boguslaw
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作者：
Danel, Dariusz;Pawlowski, Boguslaw
过去对男性面部吸引力的研究由于依赖不太理想的面部测量指标而受到限制。特别是，其中一些指标依赖于面部尺寸，并且仅表现出较弱的性别二态性，这限制了识别男性化和吸引力之间关系的能力。在这里，作者表明，眼嘴眼 (EME) 角度是一种定量且与面部尺寸无关的特征，具有性别二态性，是男性气质和面部对称性的良好指标。通过使用女性和男性脸部的正面照片，作者首先证实 EME 角（以月中的顶点和穿过瞳孔中心的手臂测量）具有高度的性别二态性。然后，作者使用年轻男性面孔的照片（由年轻女性按 7 分制评估其吸引力）发现，吸引力与 EME 角度和角度不对称性呈负相关。将结果与通过瞳孔间或上面部高度测量获得的结果进行比较。作者从进化心理学的角度讨论了吸引力与 EME 角度及其对称性之间的关系。
Past research on male facial attractiveness has been limited by the reliance on facialmetric measures that are less than ideal. In particular, some of these measures are face size dependent and show only weak sexual dimorphism, which limits the ability to identify the relationship between masculinization and attractiveness. Here, the authors show that eye-mouth-eye (EME) angle is a quantitative and face size independent trait that is sexually dimorphic and a good indicator of masculinity and face symmetry. Using frontal photographs of female and male faces, the authors first confirmed that the EME angle (measured with the vertex in the middle of the month and the arms crossing the centers of pupils) wits highly sexually dimorphic. Then, using pictures of young male faces whose attractiveness was assessed on a 7-point scale by young women, the authors showed that attractiveness rate was negatively correlated with EME angle and with the angle asymmetry. The results are compared with those that could be obtained with interpupilary or upper face height measurements. The authors discuss the relationship between attractiveness and both EME angle and its, symmetry in the light of evolutionary psychology.