Men%26apos;s judgments of women%26apos;s facial attractiveness from two- and three-dimensional images are similar

作者：Tigue Cara C; Pisanski Katarzyna; O' Connor Jillian J M; Fraccaro Paul J; Feinberg David R^*

来源：Journal of Vision, 2012, 12(12): 3.

DOI：10.1167/12.12.3

• face
• attractive
• preferences
• three-dimensions
• face processing
• view-specific

Although most research on human facial attractiveness has used front-facing two-dimensional (2D) images, our primary visual experience with faces is in three dimensions. Because face coding in the human visual system is viewpoint-specific, faces may be processed differently from different angles. Thus, results from perceptual studies using front-facing 2D facial images may not be generalizable to other viewpoints. We used rotating three-dimensional (3D) images of women%26apos;s faces to test whether men%26apos;s attractiveness ratings of women%26apos;s faces from 2D and 3D images differed. We found a significant positive correlation between men%26apos;s judgments of women%26apos;s facial attractiveness from 2D and 3D images (r = 0.707), suggesting that attractiveness judgments from 2D images are valid and provide similar information about women%26apos;s attractiveness as do 3D images. We also found that women%26apos;s faces were rated significantly more attractive in 3D images than in 2D images. Our study verifies a novel method using 3D facial images, which may be important for future research on viewpoint-specific social perception. This method may also be valuable for the accurate measurement and assessment of facial characteristics such as averageness, identity, attractiveness, and emotional expression.

• 出版日期2012