Human Facial Attractiveness in Psychological Research
An Evolutionary Approach
by
Slávka Démuthová (Author) 
Lenka Selecká (Author)
Andrej Démuth (Author)
Lenka Selecká (Author)
Andrej Démuth (Author)
©2019
Monographs
211 Pages
Series:
Spectrum Slovakia, Volume 21
Summary
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.
Excerpt
Table Of Contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- About the author
- About the book
- This eBook can be cited
- Contents
- Introduction
- 1 The Human Face as a Specific Object of Perception
- 1.1 Functional Specificity
- 1.2 Inborn Character
- 1.3 Unique Brain Representation
- 2 Anthropometric Characteristics
- 2.1 Symmetry
- 2.2 Averageness
- 2.3 Proportions
- 3 Sexual Characteristics
- 3.1 Sexual Dimorphism in Human Faces
- 3.2 Feminine Features
- 3.3 Masculine Features
- 4 Specific Parts of the Face
- 4.1 The Eyes
- 4.2 The Mouth
- 4.3 The Skin
- 5 Personality Characteristics
- 5.1 Dominance versus Submissiveness
- 5.2 Extraversion versus Introversion
- 5.3 Other Personality Characteristics of the Big Five Model
- 5.4 Honesty versus Deceptiveness
- Conclusions
- References
- About Authors
Details
- Pages
- 211
- Publication Year
- 2019
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9783631797723
- ISBN (PDF)
- 9783631800973
- ISBN (ePUB)
- 9783631800980
- ISBN (MOBI)
- 9783631800997
- DOI
- 10.3726/b16089
- Language
- English
- Publication date
- 2021 (April)
- Keywords
- Attractiveness Psychology Evolutionary Biology Aesthetics Neuroaesthetics Philosophy
- Published
- Berlin, Bern, Bruxelles, New York, Oxford, Warszawa, Wien, 2019. 212 pp., 22 fig. b/w, 13 tables.
- Product Safety
- Peter Lang Group AG
Biographical notes
Slávka Démuthová (Author)
Lenka Selecká (Author)
Andrej Démuth (Author)
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.
