Are human preferences for facial symmetry focused on signals of developmental instability

By Leigh W. Simmons, Gillian Rhodes, Marianne Peters, Nicole Koehler. 2004

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Geometry and Topology

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Steven W. Gangestad
2. Gillian Rhodes
3. G. Scheyd
4. David M. Buss
5. B. Jones
6. Mark Schaller
7. David Feinberg
8. L. DeBruine

Citations in the corpus

• Contributions of the face and body to overall attractiveness (2007, unknown): “Ratings of symmetry, averageness and sexual dimorphism are significantly correlated with measurements of those same traits in faces (Rhodes & Tremewan 1996; Koehler et al. 2004; Simmons et al. 2004).”
• THE EVOLUTION OF HUMAN PHYSICAL ATTRACTIVENESS (2005, result): “Simmons et al. (2004) found that, although faces are characterized by directional asymmetries (mean L > R or R > L differences in the population), these asymmetries do not affect attractiveness; rather, deviations around them (atypical asymmetries) do, a finding also consistent with either the…”
• The evolutionary psychology of facial beauty. (2006, background): “Perhaps yes, but symmetry ratings, which may be a good proxy for FA (Simmons et al. 2004), also showed little association with health (Rhodes et al. 2001c).”