TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints1715
UR  - http://cogprints.org/1715/
A1  - Reis, Veronica A.
A1  - Zaidel, Dahlia W.
Y1  - 2001/07//
N2  - The expression of health on the human face, like beauty or emotions, 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, 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, whereas in men's faces, no significant left-right difference emerged.  As these results parallel previous findings of attractiveness in the identical set of faces, we propose that evolutionary biology notions linking the appearance of health and of attractiveness apply to the human face as well.
PB  - Psychology Press
KW  - health
KW  -  attractiveness
KW  -  facial
KW  -  faces
KW  -  brain
KW  -  hemispheric specialization
KW  -  symmetry
KW  -  evolution
KW  -  biology
KW  -  mate selection
KW  -  fluctuating asymmetry
KW  -  humans
KW  -  laterality
KW  -  functional laterality
KW  -  sex
KW  -  age
KW  -  gender
KW  -  self-face.
TI  - Functional asymmetry in the human face:  Perception of health in the left and right sides of the face
SP  - 225
AV  - public
EP  - 231
ER  -

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