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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Junzhi Dong, Kathlyne Leger, Victor K. M. Shiramizu, Urszula M. Marcinkowska, Anthony J. J. Lee, Benedict C. Jones
Summary: Dominance perceptions are influenced by shape masculinity, but the importance of this cue varies depending on the methodology used to assess it. While experimentally manipulated faces show a strong relationship between shape masculinity and dominance perceptions, unmanipulated face images and real-world social interactions reveal a weaker association. These findings suggest that shape masculinity may not be a particularly important cue in everyday social interactions.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2023)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Vojtech Fiala, Petr Turecek, Robert Mbe Akoko, Simon Pokorny, Karel Kleisner
Summary: The consistency of predicting perceived sex-typicality and dominance from facial features across different populations remains unclear. Perceived masculinity is associated with dominance in both European men and women. Surprisingly, higher perceived femininity in European women is also positively associated with dominance. Both shape and non-shape components contribute to facial sex-typicality and dominance. Skin colour predicts perceived sex-typicality in Africans but not in Europeans. Different cues are likely used by each population to assess sex-typicality and dominance.
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2022)
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Biology
Neil R. Caton, Barnaby J. W. Dixson
Summary: Male facial width-to-height ratio is a secondary sexual trait linked to various physical and psychological perceptions. Recent research has questioned the sexual dimorphism of bizygomatic width, but this study finds strong evidence that it is indeed sexually dimorphic. On the other hand, facial width-to-height ratio measurements demonstrate the issues with morphological ratio measurements.
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Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yao Song, Yan Luximon
Summary: This study found an interesting phenomenon through experiments that the facial width-to-height ratio of a robot has a significant impact on people's trustworthiness and purchase intention, while the effect of face shape and its interaction with the width-to-height ratio does not significantly affect robot trustworthiness and purchase intention.
COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Review
Behavioral Sciences
Richard Cook, Adam Eggleston, Harriet Over
Summary: This article discusses the phenomenon of people attributing character traits to strangers based on their facial appearance, suggesting that these 'first impressions' are acquired through culture rather than being innate. The use of cultural instruments such as propaganda, illustrated storybooks, art and iconography exposes individuals to correlated face-trait experiences, leading to shared but typically inaccurate first impressions.
TRENDS IN COGNITIVE SCIENCES
(2022)
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Biology
Linda H. Lidborg, Catharine Penelope Cross, Lynda G. Boothroyd
Summary: This study suggests that strength/muscularity may be sexually selected in humans, while other forms of masculinity do not show clear evidence of selection. Further research is needed to understand the evolutionary hypotheses in non-industrialized populations.
Review
Cell Biology
Shannon Lynch, James E. Boyett, M. Ryan Smith, Samantha Giordano-Mooga
Summary: Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the US and worldwide, with identified sex-related disparities. Mitochondrial dysfunction plays a role in the disease, and sex hormones are involved in regulating mitochondrial function.
FRONTIERS IN CELL AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
(2021)
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Business
Jason C. Deska, Sean T. Hingston, Devon DelVecchio, Eric P. Stenstrom, Ryan J. Walker, Kurt Hugenberg
Summary: This study demonstrates that the facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) of spokespersons can influence brand judgments and consumer behavior. The findings show that high or low fWHR spokespersons are more effective for different types of brands, leading to more positive ad evaluations, greater liking for the brand, and higher purchase intentions.
PSYCHOLOGY & MARKETING
(2022)
Article
Immunology
Jesus Aguilar-Castro, Luis Antonio Cervantes-Candelas, Fidel Orlando Buendia-Gonzalez, Omar Fernandez-Rivera, Teresita de Jesus Nolasco-Perez, Monserrat Sofia Lopez-Padilla, David Roberto Chavira-Ramirez, Armando Cervantes-Sandoval, Martha Legorreta-Herrera
Summary: This study analyzed the impact of sex hormone testosterone on the immune response to malaria and found that changes in testosterone levels have a greater effect on females, leading to sex-specific patterns. Testosterone alterations can affect parasite clearance, immune cell concentrations, and inflammatory cytokine levels.
FRONTIERS IN CELLULAR AND INFECTION MICROBIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Ludan Liu, Guangju Wen, Lijun Zheng
Summary: The horizontal and vertical components of facial width-to-height ratio have different effects on aggression perception. Increasing the horizontal component increases aggression perception, while decreasing the vertical component decreases aggression perception. The study also highlights the importance of the lower face in aggression perception, which has been overlooked in previous research.
PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
(2022)
Article
Anthropology
Victoria V. Rostovtseva, Anna A. Mezentseva, Sonja Windhager, Marina L. Butovskaya
Summary: The study aimed to investigate sexual dimorphism in the full facial shape of modern Buryats of Mongolian origin in Southern Siberia. Geometric morphometrics based on standardized full-face frontal photographs were used to assess differences in facial shapes between Buryat men and women. Results showed that Buryat women have sexually dimorphic features similar to other Asian populations, as well as a higher upper face width-to-height ratio compared to males, raising questions about underlying developmental mechanisms of facial morphogenesis.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Behavioral Sciences
Chengyang Han, Christopher D. Watkins, Yu Nan, Jianxin Ou, Xue Lei, Xiangqian Li, Yin Wu
Summary: This study found that exogenous testosterone decreases men's sensitivity to vocal cues of other men's dominance, supporting the Challenge Hypothesis and suggesting that fluctuations in testosterone concentration may mediate individual behaviors.
HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Elizabeth A. DeVilbiss, Alexandra C. Purdue-Smithe, Lindsey A. Sjaarda, Brandie D. Taylor, Joshua R. Freeman, Neil J. Perkins, Robert M. Silver, Enrique F. Schisterman, Sunni L. Mumford
Summary: We examined the association between preconception adiposity and offspring sex and sex ratio. Among women attempting pregnancy, higher levels of adiposity were associated with reduced sex ratio, primarily driven by a decrease in male livebirths. Obesity and higher levels of serum leptin and skinfold measurements were significantly associated with lower sex ratios. This study highlights the importance of preconception adiposity in determining offspring sex and sex ratio.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Tobias Otterbring, Christian T. Elbaek, Chaoren Lu
Summary: This study investigated whether individuals' preferences for masculine or feminine consumption options could be predicted by biological sex cues and psychological gender cues. The findings revealed that regardless of biological sex, a low digit ratio and a masculine gender identity were both associated with more masculine preferences. However, a low digit ratio predicted preferences for masculine consumption options only in female participants with a masculine gender identity, but not in those with a feminine gender identity.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Social
Jason C. Deska, Sean T. Hingston, Madeline Lundin, Kurt Hugenberg
Summary: This research used experimental methods to examine the influence of facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR) on hiring preferences. The findings indicate that candidates with high fWHR are perceived as a better fit for blue-collar jobs, while candidates with low fWHR are favored for white-collar jobs. Additionally, the effect of fWHR-derived trait inferences on hireability varies by job type.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Biological
Yong Zhi Foo, Leigh W. Simmons, David Perrett, Patrick G. Holt, Peter R. Eastwood, Gillian Rhodes
EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR
(2020)
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Ophthalmology
Dongyu Zhang, Hongfei Lin, David I. Perrett
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Patrick Cairns, Gozde Ozakinci, David Ian Perrett
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2020)
Editorial Material
Neurosciences
David Perrett
PROGRESS IN NEUROBIOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Experimental
David Ian Perrett, Reiner Sprengelmeyer
Summary: This study assessed observers' preferences for clothing colors based on variation in melanin levels among White women. Results showed a strong preference for red and blue hues, with 'cool' blue hues preferred for fair skin and 'warm' orange/red hues preferred for tanned skin.
Article
Psychology, Experimental
Dongyu Zhang, Hongfei Lin, David I. Perrett
Summary: This study investigated the effects of head posture on perceptions of cooperativeness and compared participants from China and the United States to explore cultural differences. The results showed that a neutral head level posture was perceived as more cooperative by both Chinese and American participants, and Chinese participants were more sensitive to postural cues in their judgments of cooperation. The findings highlight the importance of posture in the perception of cooperativeness and reveal subtle cross-cultural differences.
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xue Lei, David Perrett
Summary: Cultural differences in preferences for body size may be a result of psychological adaptation to local environments. This study found that there were differences in attractiveness judgments of body size between Chinese and British participants, but no difference in health judgments.
CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Humanities, Multidisciplinary
David I. Perrett
Summary: Fashion advice for clothing color is often based on the wearer's skin color, but this study suggests that the color of the wearer's eyes plays a more important role in clothing color choice, even when participants were instructed to match clothing to skin color.
PSYCHOLOGY OF AESTHETICS CREATIVITY AND THE ARTS
(2023)
Review
Anthropology
David Perrett
Summary: Darwin's book was one of the first to include photographs for illustrating emotional expressions, allowing readers to form their own opinions. Advances in technology have led to more representative and realistic depictions of emotions.
EVOLUTIONARY HUMAN SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Xue Lei, David Perrett
Summary: The study found that women tend to overestimate men's preference for thinness in a partner, while men often overestimate women's preference for heaviness and muscularity in a partner. These misperceptions are more exaggerated in short-term relationships.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
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Behavioral Sciences
Mariana L. Carrito, Isabel M. Santos, Pedro Bem-Haja, Andrea A. Lopes, Carlos F. Silva, David Perrett
EVOLUTIONARY BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
David Perrett, Sean N. Talamast, Patrick Cairns, Audrey J. Henderson
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Christopher D. Watkins, Dengke Xiao, David Perrett
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2020)
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Psychology, Clinical
Carlota Batres, Benedict C. Jones, David I. Perrett
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SEXUAL HEALTH
(2020)
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Psychology, Experimental
Carlota Batres, David Perrett
COGNITION & EMOTION
(2020)
