Human Facial Attractiveness in Psychological Research
An Evolutionary Approach
Published on 26. February 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
211 pages
978-3-631-79772-3 (ISBN)
Description
The monograph presents psychological interpretations of the specific reactions of individuals within the perception of attractive human faces. It concentrates on exploring selected attributes of human face that increase its attractiveness. After introducing essential information on the specifics of facial perception and its brain correlates, the monograph presents findings on the effect of symmetry, averageness, proportions, sexually dimorphic features, personality characteristics, or the importance of specific parts of the face to its attractiveness. Based on the results of both foreign and own research, the authors formulate interpretations of why and how the identification and preference of examined characteristics have been developed and maintained by the evolution.
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Persons
Slávka Démuthová is Associate Professor and the head of the Department of Psychology at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.
Lenka Selecká is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Arts, University of Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.
Andrej Démuth is Professor of philosophy at the Trnava University and Comenius University in Bratislava.
Content
The Human Face as a Specific Object of Perception - Functional Specificity - Anthropometric Characteristics - Symmetry - Averageness - Proportions - Sexual Characteristics - Sexual Dimorphism - Specific Parts of the Face - Personality Characteristics