Pazda Adam D, Thorstenson Christopher A, Elliot Andrew J, Perrett David I
Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina Aiken, SC, USA
Department of Clinical and Social Sciences in Psychology, University of Rochester, NY, USA; Munsell Color Science Laboratory, Rochester Institute of Technology, NY, USA.
Perception. 2016 Jul;45(7):739-54. doi: 10.1177/0301006616633386. Epub 2016 Feb 22.
In the present research, we investigated whether the red-attraction relation that has been observed for men viewing women may also be observed with regard to women's facial redness. We manipulated facial redness by slightly increasing or decreasing the redness on the faces of baseline pictures of target women, and then had men judge the attractiveness of the women. We also examined healthiness perceptions as a mediator of the redness-attraction relation, along with several other candidate mediator variables. A series of experiments showed that increased redness led to increased ratings of attractiveness, and decreased redness led to decreased ratings of attractiveness. Perceived healthiness was documented as a mediator of the influence of female facial redness on male perceptions of attractiveness, and this mediation was independent of other candidate mediator variables. The findings highlight the importance of attending to facial coloration as an attraction-relevant cue and point to interesting areas for subsequent research.
在本研究中，我们调查了男性观看女性时所观察到的红色吸引力关系，在女性面部泛红方面是否也能观察到。我们通过略微增加或减少目标女性基线照片面部的泛红程度来操纵面部泛红，然后让男性评判这些女性的吸引力。我们还考察了健康感知作为泛红 - 吸引力关系的中介变量，以及其他几个候选中介变量。一系列实验表明，泛红程度增加会导致吸引力评分上升，泛红程度降低会导致吸引力评分下降。感知健康被证明是女性面部泛红对男性吸引力感知影响的中介变量，并且这种中介作用独立于其他候选中介变量。这些发现凸显了将面部肤色作为与吸引力相关线索的重要性，并指出了后续研究的有趣方向。
