Facial symmetry and judgements of apparent health - Support for a "good genes" explanation of the attractiveness-symmetry relationship
Facial symmetry and judgements of apparent health - Support for a "good genes" explanation of the attractiveness-symmetry relationship
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DOI：
10.1016/s1090-5138(01)00083-6
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发表时间：
2001-11-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Perrett, DI
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作者：
Jones, BC;Little, AC;Perrett, DI
“好基因”对吸引力的解释假定，由于与选择健康伴侣相关的直接和间接利益，配偶偏好有利于健康个体。因此，对吸引力的判断很可能反映了对外表健康的判断。一个物理特征，可以告知健康判断是波动的不对称性，因为它可以作为遗传质量和发育稳定性的视觉标记。与这些建议相一致，许多研究发现了面部对称性和面部吸引力之间的关系。在研究1中，面部对称性，吸引力和判断表观健康之间的相互作用进行了探讨内的偏相关设计。研究结果表明，吸引力对称性的关系是介导的明显健康和面部对称性的判断之间的联系。在研究2中，在判断健康时，观察到对面部对称性敏感的异性偏见。因此，对对称性的知觉分析可能是一种适应，有助于根据表面健康状况区分潜在的配偶。这两项研究的结果是一致的“好基因”的解释的吸引力对称性的关系和问题的要求，对称性是有吸引力的视觉识别系统处理对称刺激的容易程度的副产品。(C)2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
The "good genes" explanation of attractiveness posits that mate preferences favour healthy individuals due to direct and indirect benefits associated with the selection of a healthy mate. Consequently, attractiveness judgements are likely to reflect judgements of apparent health. One physical characteristic that may inform health judgements is fluctuating asymmetry as it may act as a visual marker for genetic quality and developmental stability. Consistent with these suggestions, a number of studies have found relationships between Facial symmetry and facial attractiveness. In Study 1, the interplay between facial symmetry, attractiveness, and judgements of apparent health was explored within a partial correlation design. Findings suggest that the attractiveness-symmetry relationship is mediated by a link between judgements of apparent health and facial symmetry. In Study 2, an opposite-sex bias in sensitivity to facial symmetry was observed when judging health. Thus, perceptual analysis of symmetry may be an adaptation facilitating discrimination between potential mates on the basis of apparent health. The findings of both studies are consistent with a "good genes" explanation of the attractiveness-symmetry relationship and problematic for the claim that symmetry is attractive as a by-product of the ease with which the visual recognition system processes symmetric stimuli. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.