Fisher Claire I, Hahn Amanda C, DeBruine Lisa M, Jones Benedict C
Perception. 2014;43(6):499-508. doi: 10.1068/p7728.
Facial cues of adiposity play an important role in social perceptions, such as health and attractiveness judgments. Although relatively low levels of adiposity are generally associated with good health, low levels of adiposity are also a symptom of many communicable diseases. Consequently, it may be important to distinguish between individuals displaying low levels of facial adiposity because they are in good physical condition and those displaying low levels of facial adiposity because they are ill. Integrating information from facial cues of adiposity with information from other health cues, such as facial coloration, may facilitate such distinctions. Here, participants rated the health and attractiveness of face images experimentally manipulated to vary in shape cues of adiposity and color cues associated with perceived health. As we had predicted, the extent to which faces with low levels of adiposity were rated more positively than faces with relatively high levels of adiposity was greater for faces with healthy color cues than it was for faces with unhealthy color cues. Such interactions highlight the integrative processes that allow us to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy individuals during social interactions, potentially reducing the likelihood of contracting infectious diseases.
面部肥胖线索在社会认知中发挥着重要作用，比如对健康和吸引力的判断。虽然相对较低程度的肥胖通常与健康状况良好相关，但低水平的肥胖也是许多传染病的症状。因此，区分那些因身体状况良好而面部肥胖程度低的人和那些因患病而面部肥胖程度低的人可能很重要。将来自面部肥胖线索的信息与来自其他健康线索（如面部肤色）的信息整合起来，可能有助于做出这种区分。在这里，参与者对面部图像的健康和吸引力进行评分，这些面部图像经过实验操纵，在肥胖的形状线索和与感知健康相关的颜色线索方面有所不同。正如我们所预测的，对于具有健康颜色线索的面部，肥胖程度低的面部比肥胖程度相对较高的面部获得更积极评价的程度，要大于具有不健康颜色线索的面部。这种相互作用突出了在社交互动过程中使我们能够区分健康和不健康个体的整合过程，这可能会降低感染传染病的可能性。
