Smith M J Law, Perrett D I, Jones B C, Cornwell R E, Moore F R, Feinberg D R, Boothroyd L G, Durrani S J, Stirrat M R, Whiten S, Pitman R M, Hillier S G
School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JP, UK.
Proc Biol Sci. 2006 Jan 22;273(1583):135-40. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3296.
Although many accounts of facial attractiveness propose that femininity in women's faces indicates high levels of oestrogen, there is little empirical evidence in support of this assumption. Here, we used assays for urinary metabolites of oestrogen (oestrone-3-glucuronide, E1G) and progesterone (pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, P3G) to investigate the relationship between circulating gonadal hormones and ratings of the femininity, attractiveness and apparent health of women's faces. Positive correlations were observed between late follicular oestrogen and ratings of femininity, attractiveness and health. Positive correlations of luteal progesterone and health and attractiveness ratings were marginally significant. Ratings of facial attributions did not relate to hormone levels for women wearing make-up when photographed. There was no effect of sex of rater on the relationships between oestrogen and ratings of facial appearance. These findings demonstrate that female facial appearance holds detectable cues to reproductive health that are considered attractive by other people.
尽管许多关于面部吸引力的说法认为，女性面部的女性气质表明雌激素水平较高，但几乎没有实证证据支持这一假设。在此，我们通过检测雌激素（雌酮 - 3 - 葡萄糖醛酸苷，E1G）和孕酮（孕二醇 - 3 - 葡萄糖醛酸苷，P3G）的尿液代谢物，来研究循环性腺激素与女性面部女性气质、吸引力及表观健康评分之间的关系。在卵泡晚期雌激素与女性气质、吸引力和健康评分之间观察到正相关。黄体期孕酮与健康和吸引力评分的正相关略有显著性。拍照时化妆的女性面部特征评分与激素水平无关。评分者的性别对雌激素与面部外观评分之间的关系没有影响。这些发现表明，女性面部外观包含着可被他人视为有吸引力的生殖健康的可检测线索。
