Attractiveness of natural faces compared to computer constructed perfectly symmetrical faces

International Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 423-431

  Zaidel, Dahlia W ^a   Deblieck, Choi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beauty; Body asymmetry; Brain; Brain evolution; Facial expressions; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DIGITAL IMAGING; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIES; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BEAUTY; COMPUTERS; FACE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 33846984988     PISSN: 00207454     EISSN: 15635279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207450600581928     Document Type: Article

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