Bertamini Marco, Byrne Christopher, Bennett Kate M
Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L697ZA, UK; e-mail:
Iperception. 2013 May 21;4(3):170-9. doi: 10.1068/i0578. Print 2013.
Many factors influence physical attractiveness, including degree of symmetry and relative length of legs. We asked a sample of 112 young adults to rate the attractiveness of computer-generated female bodies that varied in terms of symmetry and leg-to-body ratio. These effects were confirmed. However, we also varied whether the person in the image was shown sitting or standing. Half of the participants were tested standing and the other half sitting. The difference in the posture of the participants increased the perceived attractiveness of the images sharing the same posture, despite the fact that participants were unaware that their posture was relevant for the experiment. We conclude that our findings extend the role of embodied simulation in social cognition to perception of attractiveness from static images.
许多因素会影响身体吸引力，包括对称程度和腿的相对长度。我们让112名年轻成年人对电脑生成的女性身体的吸引力进行评分，这些身体在对称程度和腿身比例方面有所不同。这些影响得到了证实。然而，我们还改变了图像中的人物是坐着还是站着展示。一半的参与者在站立状态下接受测试，另一半则坐着测试。参与者姿势的差异增加了相同姿势图像的感知吸引力，尽管参与者并未意识到他们的姿势与实验相关。我们得出结论，我们的研究结果将具身模拟在社会认知中的作用扩展到了对静态图像吸引力的感知。
