Rule Nicholas O, Ambady Nalini, Adams Reginald B
Department of Psychology, Tufts University, 490 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Perception. 2009;38(11):1688-99. doi: 10.1068/p6384.
Though the psychological literature is replete with information about the perception of faces presented at a full-frontal view, we know very little about how faces are perceived-and impressions formed-when viewed from other angles. We tested impressions of faces at full-frontal, three-quarter, and profile views. Judgments of personality (aggressiveness, competence, dominance, likeability, and trustworthiness) and physiognomy (attractiveness and facial maturity) were significantly correlated across full-frontal, three-quarter, and profile views of male faces. When under time pressure, with only a 50 ms exposure to each face, the correlations for profile with full-frontal and three-quarter view judgments of personality (but not physiognomy) dropped considerably. However, judgments of the full-frontal and three-quarter faces were significantly correlated across the self-paced and 50 ms viewing durations. These findings therefore show that perceptions of full faces lead to relatively similar interferences across both viewing angle and time.
尽管心理学文献中充斥着关于正脸呈现的面孔感知的信息，但对于从其他角度观察面孔时如何被感知以及印象如何形成，我们却知之甚少。我们测试了正脸、四分之三侧脸和侧脸的面孔印象。在男性面孔的正脸、四分之三侧脸和侧脸视图中，人格判断（攻击性、能力、支配力、亲和力和可信度）和面相判断（吸引力和面部成熟度）之间存在显著相关性。当处于时间压力下，每张面孔仅暴露50毫秒时，侧脸与正脸和四分之三侧脸人格判断（而非面相判断）的相关性大幅下降。然而，在自定节奏和50毫秒观看时长下，正脸和四分之三侧脸的判断之间存在显著相关性。因此，这些发现表明，对面孔的感知在视角和时间上都会产生相对相似的干扰。
