Redness Enhances Perceived Aggression, Dominance and Attractiveness in Men's Faces
Redness Enhances Perceived Aggression, Dominance and Attractiveness in Men's Faces
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DOI：
10.1177/147470491201000312
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发表时间：
2012-07
影响因子：
1.5
通讯作者：
I. Stephen;Francesca H Oldham;D. Perrett;R. Barton
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作者：
I. Stephen;Francesca H Oldham;D. Perrett;R. Barton
在一系列非人类灵长类动物、鸟类和鱼类中，雄性的红色强度与社会统治地位、睾丸激素水平和配偶选择有关。对于人类来说，皮肤发红也与健康有关，但尚不清楚它是否也与非人类物种有关，并且与统治地位有关，并且与吸引力的联系尚未得到彻底调查。在这里，我们允许女性参与者操纵皮肤的 CIELab a* 值（红绿轴），以最大限度地提高男性脸部照片中感知的攻击性、主导地位和吸引力，并得出两个发现。首先，参与者增加了a*（增加红色）来增强每个属性，这表明面部红色被认为传达了人类与非人类物种中男性品质的相似信息。其次，试验类型之间存在显着差异：最高水平的红色与攻击性相关，中等水平与主导地位相关，最低水平与吸引力相关。这些差异可能反映了选择健康、占主导地位的伴侣的好处与攻击性的负面后果之间的权衡。
In a range of non-human primate, bird and fish species, the intensity of red coloration in males is associated with social dominance, testosterone levels and mate selection. In humans too, skin redness is associated with health, but it is not known whether – as in non-human species – it is also associated with dominance and links to attractiveness have not been thoroughly investigated. Here we allow female participants to manipulate the CIELab a* value (red-green axis) of skin to maximize the perceived aggression, dominance and attractiveness of photographs of men's faces, and make two findings. First, participants increased a* (increasing redness) to enhance each attribute, suggesting that facial redness is perceived as conveying similar information about a male's qualities in humans as it does in non-human species. Second, there were significant differences between trial types: the highest levels of red were associated with aggression, an intermediate level with dominance, and the least with attractiveness. These differences may reflect a trade-off between the benefits of selecting a healthy, dominant partner and the negative consequences of aggression.