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Concordant preferences for actual height and facial cues to height

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Date
11/2012
Author
Re, Daniel Edward
Perrett, David I.
Keywords
Mate choice
Face perception
Physical stature
Body size
Attraction
BF Psychology
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Abstract
Physical height has a well-documented effect on human mate preferences. In general, both sexes prefer opposite-sex romantic relationships in which the man is taller than the woman, while individual preferences for height are affected by a person’s own height. Research in human mate choice has demonstrated that attraction to facial characteristics, such as facial adiposity, may reflect references for body characteristics. Here, we tested preferences for facial cues to height. In general, increasing apparent height in men’s faces and slightly decreasing apparent height in women’s faces maximizes perceived attractiveness. Individual preferences for facial cues to height were predicted by self-reported preferences for actual height. Furthermore, women’s own height predicted opposite-sex preferences for facial cues to apparent height, though this finding did not extend to male participants. These findings validate the use of facial cues to height and demonstrate a further component of facial attractiveness that reflects preferences for body characteristics.
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Re , D E & Perrett , D I 2012 , ' Concordant preferences for actual height and facial cues to height ' , Personality and Individual Differences , vol. 53 , no. 7 , pp. 901-906 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.001
Publication
Personality and Individual Differences
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.001
ISSN
0191-8869
Type
Journal article
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© 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work has been made available online with permission from the publisher. This is the final published version of the work, which was originally published at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.07.001
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/13013

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