Trustworthy but not lust-worthy: context-specific effects of facial resemblance
Trustworthy but not lust-worthy: context-specific effects of facial resemblance
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DOI：
10.1098/rspb.2004.3003
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发表时间：
2005-05-07
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4.7
通讯作者：
DeBruine, LM
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作者：
DeBruine, LM
如果人类对不同情况下偏袒亲属的成本和收益都很敏感，那么一个强有力的预测是，亲属关系的线索将对亲社会情感产生积极影响，但对性吸引力产生负面影响。事实上，面部相似性（亲属关系的潜在线索）的积极影响已经在亲社会背景下得到了证明。或者，这种效应可能是由于对熟悉刺激的普遍偏好。在这里，我表明，巧妙地操纵的其他性别的面孔的图像被判断为更值得信赖的参与者，他们是由控制参与者相比，相似。相比之下，相似性对吸引力的影响明显较低。在长期关系的背景下，亲社会方面和性吸引力都是重要的标准，面部相似性没有影响。在短期关系中，性吸引力是主要标准，面部相似性降低了吸引力。结果提供的证据对解释牵连的一般偏好熟悉的刺激，而不是建议，面部相似性是一个亲属线索，人类调制的反应，在一个上下文敏感的方式。
If humans are sensitive to the costs and benefits of favouring kin in different circumstances, a strong prediction is that cues of relatedness will have a positive effect on prosocial feelings, but a negative effect on sexual attraction. Indeed, positive effects of facial resemblance (a potential cue of kinship) have been demonstrated in prosocial contexts. Alternatively, such effects may be owing to a general preference for familiar stimuli. Here, I show that subtly manipulated images of other-sex faces were judged as more trustworthy by the participants they were made to resemble than by control participants. In contrast, the effects of resemblance on attractiveness were significantly lower. In the context of a long-term relationship, where both prosocial regard and sexual appeal are important criteria, facial resemblance had no effect. In the context of a short-term relationship, where sexual appeal is the dominant criterion, facial resemblance decreased attractiveness. The results provide evidence against explanations implicating a general preference for familiar-looking stimuli and suggest instead that facial resemblance is a kinship cue to which humans modulate responses in a context-sensitive manner.