Visual attention to variation in female facial skin color distribution

Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-161

  Fink, Bernhard ^a   Matts, Paul J ^b   Klingenberg, Heiner ^a   Kuntze, Sebastian ^a   Weege, Bettina ^a   Grammer, Karl ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b PandG Beauty   (United Kingdom)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Attractiveness; Eye tracking; Face; Skin color distribution

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EYE FIXATION; EYE TRACKING; FACE; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN COLOR; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BEAUTY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE MOVEMENTS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 43549110043     PISSN: 14732130     EISSN: 14732165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1473-2165.2008.00382.x     Document Type: Article

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