A web-based method for rating facial attractiveness

Laryngoscope

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 902-906

  Devcic, Zlatko ^a   Karimi, Koohyar ^a   Popenko, Natalie ^a   Wong, Brian J F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractiveness; Facial beauty; Facial beauty rating; Focus groups; Internet rating; Plastic surgery

Indexed keywords

ART; ARTICLE; BASIC RESEARCH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESTHETICS; FACE; FACE PROFILE; FACIES; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM;

BEAUTY; DATA COLLECTION; ESTHETICS; FACE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERNET; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 77951734654     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20857     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Bashour M. History and current concepts in the analysis of facial attractiveness. Plast Reconstr Surg 2006;118:741-756. (Pubitemid 44318936)
2. Honn M, Goz G. The ideal of facial beauty: a review. J Orofac Orthop 2007:68:6-16.
3. Edler R, Agarwal P, Wertheim D, Greenhill D. The use of anthropometric proportion indices in the measurement of facial attractiveness. Eur J Orthod 2006;28:274-281. (Pubitemid 43999443)
4. Farkas LG. Anthropometry of the Head and Face. New York, NY: Raven Press; 1994.
5. Johnston VS, Solomon CJ, Gibson SJ, Pallares-Bejarano A. Human facial beauty: current theories and methodologies. Arch Facial Plast Surg 2003;5:371-377.
6. Langlois JH, Roggman LA. Attractive faces are only average. Psychol Sci 1990;1:115-121.
7. Baudouin JY, Tiberghien G. Symmetry, averageness, and feature size in the facial attractiveness of women. Acta Psychol 2004;117:313-332.
8. Rhodes G. The evolutionary psychology of facial beauty. Annu Rev Psychol 2006;57:199-226.
9. Wong BJF, Koohyar K, Devcic Z, Christine ME, Wen-Pin C. Evolving attractive faces using morphing technology and a genetic algorithm: a new approach to determining ideal facial aesthetics. Laryngoscope 2008;118:962-974. (Pubitemid 351787263)
10. Spyropoulos MN, Halazonetis DJ. Significance of the soft tissue profile on facial esthetics. Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop 2001;119:464-471. (Pubitemid 33601207)
11. Kiekens RMA, van't Hof MA, Kuijpers-Jagtman AM, et al. Influence of panel composition on aesthetic evaluation of adolescent faces. Eur J Orthod 2007;29:95-99.
12. Smith MJ, Perrett DI, Jones BC, et al. Facial appearance is a cue to oestrogen levels in women. Proc Biol Sci 2006;273:135-140.
13. Cornwell RE, Law Smith MJ, Boothroyd LG, et al. Reproductive strategy, sexual development and attraction to facial characteristics. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2006;361:2143-2154.
14. Etcoff NL. Survival of the Prettiest: The Science of Beauty. New York, NY: Doubleday; 1999:325.