Visual perception of female physical attractiveness
Visual perception of female physical attractiveness
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DOI：
10.1098/rspb.2003.2613
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发表时间：
2004-02-22
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Dai, W
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作者：
Fan, JT;Liu, F;Dai, W
基于对图形和正面/侧面图像的视觉评估，过去的研究人员认为腰臀比(WHR)和身体质量指数(BMI)是衡量女性外表吸引力的两个假设线索。然而，这一观点并没有在三维(3D)女性图像上进行测试。在这项研究中，向29名男性和25名女性观众展示了31名体重不同的高加索女性(BMI从16到35)的3D图像，让他们对身体吸引力进行评分。结果表明，身体体积除以身高的平方，被定义为体积身高指数(VHI)，是女性身体吸引力最重要、最直接的视觉决定因素。在确定女性吸引力时，人类观察者可能首先使用VHI作为视觉提示，这也是健康和生育的关键指标，因为它与BMI有很强的线性关系。为了微调判断，观察者可以使用身体比例，其中最重要的是腰高与下巴高度的比率(WHC)(腿长与总身高的比率)以及腰围比与理想比例的偏差。研究还表明，身体参数对女性身体吸引力感知的影响也符合心理物理学的史蒂文斯幂定律。
On the basis of visual assessment of figure drawings and front/profile images, past researchers believed that the waist-hip ratio (WHR) and the body mass index (BMI) were two putative cues to female physical attractiveness. However, this view was not tested on three-dimensional (3D) female images. In the present study, 3D images of 31 Caucasian females having varying body weights (BMI ranged from 16 to 35) were shown to 29 male and 25 female viewers, who were asked to rate the physical attractiveness. The results showed that the body volume divided by the square of the height, defined as volume height index (VHI), is the most important and direct visual determinant of female physical attractiveness. In determining the female attractiveness, human observers may first use VHI as a visual cue, which is also a key indicator of health and fertility owing to its strong linear relation to BMI. To fine-tune the judgement, observers may then use body proportions, the most important of which are the ratio of waist height over the chin height (WHC) (a measure of the length of legs over total tallness) and the deviation of WHR from the ideal ratio. It also appears that the effect of the body's physical parameters on the perception of female physical attractiveness conforms to Stevens' power law of psychophysics.