Fink B, Matts P J, Brauckmann C, Gundlach S
Institute of Psychology, University of Goettingen, Kellnerweg 6, 37077, Goettingen, Germany.
Emmy Noether Research Group, Faculty of Biology and Psychology, University of Goettingen, Kellnerweg 6, 37077, Goettingen, Germany.
Int J Cosmet Sci. 2018 Apr;40(2):193-198. doi: 10.1111/ics.12451. Epub 2018 Apr 6.
Previous studies investigating the effects of skin surface topography and colouration cues on the perception of female faces reported a differential weighting for the perception of skin topography and colour evenness, where topography was a stronger visual cue for the perception of age, whereas skin colour evenness was a stronger visual cue for the perception of health. We extend these findings in a study of the effect of skin surface topography and colour evenness cues on the perceptions of facial age, health and attractiveness in males.
Facial images of six men (aged 40 to 70 years), selected for co-expression of lines/wrinkles and discolouration, were manipulated digitally to create eight stimuli, namely, separate removal of these two features (a) on the forehead, (b) in the periorbital area, (c) on the cheeks and (d) across the entire face. Omnibus (within-face) pairwise combinations, including the original (unmodified) face, were presented to a total of 240 male and female judges, who selected the face they considered younger, healthier and more attractive.
Significant effects were detected for facial image choice, in response to skin feature manipulation. The combined removal of skin surface topography resulted in younger age perception compared with that seen with the removal of skin colouration cues, whereas the opposite pattern was found for health preference. No difference was detected for the perception of attractiveness. These perceptual effects were seen particularly on the forehead and cheeks. Removing skin topography cues (but not discolouration) in the periorbital area resulted in higher preferences for all three attributes.
Skin surface topography and colouration cues affect the perception of age, health and attractiveness in men's faces. The combined removal of these features on the forehead, cheeks and in the periorbital area results in the most positive assessments.
以往研究探讨皮肤表面形貌和肤色线索对女性面部感知的影响，结果表明，在对皮肤形貌和肤色均匀度的感知上存在差异加权，其中形貌是感知年龄的更强视觉线索，而肤色均匀度是感知健康的更强视觉线索。我们在一项关于皮肤表面形貌和肤色均匀度线索对男性面部年龄、健康和吸引力感知影响的研究中扩展了这些发现。
选择六名年龄在40至70岁之间、同时存在皱纹和色素沉着的男性面部图像，通过数字处理创建八个刺激图像，即分别在前额、眶周区域、脸颊以及整个面部去除这两个特征。将包括原始（未修改）面部在内的综合（面部内）成对组合呈现给总共240名男性和女性评判者，他们选择出自己认为更年轻、更健康和更有吸引力的面部。
在对皮肤特征进行处理后，面部图像选择出现了显著影响。与去除肤色线索相比，综合去除皮肤表面形貌会使年龄感知更年轻，而在健康偏好方面则发现了相反的模式。在吸引力感知方面未发现差异。这些感知效应尤其体现在前额和脸颊上。去除眶周区域的皮肤形貌线索（而非色素沉着）会使对所有三个属性的偏好更高。
皮肤表面形貌和肤色线索会影响男性面部的年龄、健康和吸引力感知。在前额、脸颊和眶周区域综合去除这些特征会得到最积极的评价。
