Human Facial Attractiveness in Psychological Research

The book presents psychological interpretations of the specific reactions of individuals in the perception of attractive human faces. Based on research, the authors formulate evolutionary interpretations of why and how symmetry, averageness, sexually dimorphic characters, personality characteristics, etc. increase the attractiveness of the face.

Autorentext
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.

Inhalt

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