Meerdink J E, Garbin C P, Leger D W
Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68588-0308.
Percept Psychophys. 1990 Sep;48(3):227-33. doi: 10.3758/bf03211522.
Examination of perceptions of human facial attributes revealed that individual attributes are similarly perceived by males and females. However, patterns of attribute interrelationships differ as a function of gender of the face. Undergraduate students (N = 280) rated pictures of 40 male or female Caucasians on 12 physical attributes (e.g., nose size, face width) and overall attractiveness. The four sets of attribute ratings (defined by rater gender and picture gender) were submitted to principal components analyses, and five-factor solutions were found for each condition (accounting for about 76% of the variance). Comparisons of the four component solutions using confirmatory factor procedures revealed that male and female raters share one factor structure when rating photographs of female faces and another factor structure when rating photographs of male faces. Multiple regression analyses revealed that the patterns of attribute interrelationships were not "perceptual units" in the perception of attractiveness, and that different "rules" are used to assess the attractiveness of male and female stimuli faces. The importance of these results for models of facial attractiveness and interfacial similarity judgements are discussed.
对人类面部特征认知的研究表明，男性和女性对个体特征的认知相似。然而，特征之间的相互关系模式因面部性别而异。本科生（N = 280）对40名男性或女性白种人的照片在12种身体特征（如鼻子大小、脸宽）和整体吸引力方面进行了评分。将四组特征评分（由评分者性别和照片性别定义）进行主成分分析，每种情况都找到了五因素解决方案（解释约76%的方差）。使用验证性因素程序对四个成分解决方案进行比较后发现，男性和女性评分者在对女性面孔照片评分时共享一种因素结构，而在对男性面孔照片评分时共享另一种因素结构。多元回归分析表明，在吸引力认知中，特征相互关系模式不是“感知单元”，并且使用不同的“规则”来评估男性和女性刺激面孔的吸引力。讨论了这些结果对面部吸引力模型和界面相似性判断的重要性。
