The boundary of holistic processing in the appraisal of facial attractiveness.

ABSTRACT: Facial attractiveness is often studied on the basis of the internal facial features alone. This study investigated how this exclusion of the external features affects the perception of attractiveness. We studied the effects of two most commonly used methods of exclusion, where the shape of an occluding mask was defined by either the facial outline or an oval. Participants rated attractiveness of the same faces under these conditions. Results showed that faces were consistently rated more attractive when they were masked by an oval shape rather than by their outline (Experiment 1). Attractive faces were more strongly affected by this effect than were less attractive faces when participants were able to control the viewing time. However, unattractive faces benefited more from this effect whe

SUBMITTER: Hong Liu C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6030301 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature