High salivary testosterone is linked to masculine male facial appearance in humans
High salivary testosterone is linked to masculine male facial appearance in humans
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DOI：
10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2004.04.003
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发表时间：
2004-07-01
影响因子：
5.1
通讯作者：
Chen, JY
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作者：
Penton-Voak, IS;Chen, JY
尽管许多关于男性面部吸引力的研究假设面部男性气质与成年男性的循环睾酮水平有关，但几乎没有经验证据支持这一假设。在这里，我们使用唾液睾酮测定来研究循环睾酮与面部外观的男性气质和吸引力之间的关系，方法是：（1）从睾酮水平高和低的男性面部构建数字合成图像，并使用强制选择任务向受试者呈现这些合成图像；（2）使用强制选择任务，让参与者判断原始照片对的男性气质。高睾酮男性的复合材料被认为比低睾酮男性的复合材料更具男性气概。高睾酮复合材料被认为比低睾酮复合材料更具吸引力的证据是模棱两可的。使用原始面部图像的强制选择任务表明，参与者认为与循环睾酮水平相对较高的男性面部相比，与循环睾酮水平较低的男性的面部更加男性化。当这对面孔来自睾丸激素水平差异很大的男性时，这种效应更加明显。这些初步发现为许多吸引力研究的基本假设提供了支持，特别是那些已经确定女性对男性面孔的偏好存在系统性差异的研究。 (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Although many studies of male facial attractiveness assume that facial masculinity is related to circulating testosterone levels in adult males, there is little empirical evidence in support of this assumption. Here, we used salivary testosterone assays to investigate the relationship between circulating testosterone and both masculinity and attractiveness of facial appearance by (1) constructing digital composites from the faces of men with high and low testosterone, which were presented using a forced-choice task to subjects and (2) using a forced-choice task in which participants judged the masculinity of pairs of original photographs. Composites from high-testosterone men were judged to be more masculine than those from low-testosterone men. Evidence that high-testosterone composites are considered more attractive than low-testosterone composites was equivocal. The forced-choice task using the original face images indicated that participants identified faces associated with relatively high circulating testosterone as being more masculine than faces of men with lower circulating testosterone. This effect was more pronounced when the faces in the pair were from men who differed greatly in testosterone levels. These preliminary findings provide support for the underlying assumptions of much attractiveness research, particularly studies that have identified systematic variation in female preferences for masculine faces. (C) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.