Effect of averageness and sexual dimorphism on the judgment of facial attractiveness

Vision Research

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 862-869

  Komori, Masashi ^a   Kawamura, Satoru ^b   Ishihara, Shigekazu ^c  

^a OSAKA ELECTRO COMMUNICATION UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial attractiveness; Facial shape; Geometric morphometrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEAUTY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64049085899     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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