Good conduct makes your face attractive: The effect of personality perception on facial attractiveness judgments.

ABSTRACT: Human facial attractiveness is related to physical features, such as clear complexion and symmetry. However, it is also known that facial attractiveness judgments are influenced by a wide range of non-physical factors. Here, we examined the effect of the personality information of a target person on facial attractiveness judgments. In Experiment 1, participants read a verbal description of a target person (high or low honesty), followed by the presentation of the target face and facial attractiveness rating. The honest personality increased the rated facial attractiveness, replicating a previous report. This "honesty premium" effect was independent of pre-rated facial attractiveness (Experiment 1), target gender, participant gender, and target clothing (Experiment 2). Experiment 3 found th

SUBMITTER: Niimi R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925008 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature