Gründl M, Klein S, Horczakiwskyj R, Feser D, Jung M, Eisenmann-Klein M, Prantl L
Department of Experimental and Applied Psychology, University of Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauss-Allee 11, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Aesthetic Plast Surg. 2008 Nov;32(6):915-9. doi: 10.1007/s00266-008-9180-4. Epub 2008 May 28.
The eye area plays an important role in the assessment of a person. Although plastic surgery in this area is quite common, only a few studies have evaluated the features that create an attractive eye. This study aimed to determine whether a preference exists for a certain eye axis.
The stimulus material comprised portrait images of seven women. Two versions of each face were generated that differed only in the position of the eye axis (normal vs rotated). The eye axis was rotated by raising the lateral canthus of the eye about 5 degrees . A total of 250 experimental subjects ranging in age from 15 to 84 years stated their preferential position of the eye axis (horizontal vs oblique).
Clear evidence showed that age has an impact on the type of eye axis preferred. Young subjects (age, B 19 years) regarded the oblique type of eye axis as more attractive, whereas older subjects (age, C50 years) preferred the eyes more horizontal (p \ 0.001), independently of the interviewees' gender.
Because young people judge eye attractiveness differently than older people and because beauty trends are normally determined by young people, a future ideal of beauty could be characterized by eyes with a gently oblique eye axis.
眼部区域在对一个人的评估中起着重要作用。尽管该区域的整形手术相当常见，但只有少数研究评估了构成有吸引力眼睛的特征。本研究旨在确定是否存在对特定眼轴的偏好。
刺激材料包括七名女性的面部图像。每张脸生成两个版本，仅眼轴位置不同（正常与旋转）。通过将眼外眦抬高约5度来旋转眼轴。共有250名年龄在15至84岁之间的实验对象表明了他们对眼轴的偏好位置（水平与倾斜）。
明确的证据表明年龄对偏好的眼轴类型有影响。年轻受试者（年龄≤19岁）认为倾斜型眼轴更具吸引力，而年长受试者（年龄≥50岁）更喜欢更水平的眼睛（p<0.001），与受访者的性别无关。
由于年轻人与年长者对眼睛吸引力的判断不同，且美容潮流通常由年轻人决定，未来理想的美可能以眼轴轻微倾斜的眼睛为特征。
