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Skin blood perfusion and oxygenation colour affect perceived human health
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dc.contributor.author | Stephen, Ian David | |
dc.contributor.author | Coetzee, Vinet | |
dc.contributor.author | Law Smith, Miriam Jane | |
dc.contributor.author | Perrett, David Ian | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-03-26T16:01:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-03-26T16:01:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-04-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Stephen , I D , Coetzee , V , Law Smith , M J & Perrett , D I 2009 , ' Skin blood perfusion and oxygenation colour affect perceived human health ' , PLoS One , vol. 4 , no. 4 , e5083 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005083 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE: 5334857 | |
dc.identifier.other | PURE UUID: 76e02ffc-b500-435c-a060-99ae27ecfbed | |
dc.identifier.other | Scopus: 64249159111 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-6025-0939/work/64361031 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/3431 | |
dc.description | I Stephen was funded by a BBSRC Studentship. | en |
dc.description.abstract | Skin blood perfusion and oxygenation depends upon cardiovascular, hormonal and circulatory health in humans and provides socio-sexual signals of underlying physiology, dominance and reproductive status in some primates. We allowed participants to manipulate colour calibrated facial photographs along empirically-measured oxygenated and deoxygenated blood colour axes both separately and simultaneously, to optimise healthy appearance. Participants increased skin blood colour, particularly oxygenated, above basal levels to optimise healthy appearance. We show, therefore, that skin blood perfusion and oxygenation influence perceived health in a way that may be important to mate choice. | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLoS One | en |
dc.rights | © 2009 Stephen et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | en |
dc.subject | BF Psychology | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BF | en |
dc.title | Skin blood perfusion and oxygenation colour affect perceived human health | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.description.version | Publisher PDF | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005083 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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