?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Functional+asymmetry+in+the+human+face%3A++Perception+of+health+in+the+left+and+right+sides+of+the+face&rft.creator=Reis%2C+Veronica+A.&rft.creator=Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.&rft.subject=Neuropsychology&rft.subject=Evolutionary+Psychology&rft.subject=Social+Psychology&rft.description=The+expression+of+health+on+the+human+face%2C+like+beauty+or+emotions%2C+is+an+important+biological+display.++Previous+findings+of+left-right+functional+asymmetry+in+facial+attractiveness+and+the+linkage+of+attractiveness+and+health+in+evolutionary+biology+notions+have+prompted+the+present+study.++A+total+of+38+pairs+of+left-left+and+right-right+facial+composites+were+viewed+by+24+subjects+on+a+computer+screen%2C+and+the+task+was+to+decide+which+member+of+the+pair+looked+healthier+or+there+was+no+difference.++The+results+revealed+a+significant+interactions+between+face+side+and+sex+of+face.++Right-right+composites+of+women's+faces+were+judged+significantly+healthier+than+left-left%2C+whereas+in+men's+faces%2C+no+significant+left-right+difference+emerged.++As+these+results+parallel+previous+findings+of+attractiveness+in+the+identical+set+of+faces%2C+we+propose+that+evolutionary+biology+notions+linking+the+appearance+of+health+and+of+attractiveness+apply+to+the+human+face+as+well.&rft.publisher=Psychology+Press&rft.contributor=Corballis%2C+Michael&rft.date=2001-07&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1715%2F2%2FLateralityHealth.pdf&rft.identifier=++Reis%2C+Veronica+A.+and+Zaidel%2C+Dahlia+W.++(2001)+Functional+asymmetry+in+the+human+face%3A+Perception+of+health+in+the+left+and+right+sides+of+the+face.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1715%2F