symmetry;
asymmetry;
face preference;
art;
biological stimuli;
specific;
bias;
MALE FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS;
SEXUAL-DIMORPHISM;
BILATERAL SYMMETRY;
DEVELOPMENTAL STABILITY;
BREAST ASYMMETRY;
GOOD GENES;
PERCEPTION;
MASCULINITY;
AVERAGENESS;
SELECTION;
D O I:
10.3390/sym6020222
中图分类号:
O [数理科学和化学];
P [天文学、地球科学];
Q [生物科学];
N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号:
07 ;
0710 ;
09 ;
摘要:
Visual symmetry has been found to be preferred to asymmetry in a variety of domains and across species. A number of theories propose to explain why symmetry is preferred. In this article, I compare a perceptual bias view, in which symmetry is preferred due to factors inherit to the visual system, and an evolutionary advantage view, in which symmetry is preferred due to selection pressures on partner preference. Preferences for symmetry in three stimulus types were determined by having symmetric and asymmetric versions of the same images rated for pleasantness: human female faces, macaque monkey faces, and abstract art. It was found that preferences for symmetry were strongest for human female faces and weakest for art. This finding builds on previous research suggesting that symmetry preferences for human faces are different from symmetry preferences in other domains and that simple perceptual bias explanations do not wholly explain human visual face symmetry preferences. While consistent with an evolutionary advantage view, these data are also potentially explainable via a perceptual bias view which accounts for experience of stimuli. The interplay between these two views is discussed in the context of the current study.
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Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'AquilaDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila
Di Angelo L.
Di Stefano P.
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Department of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'AquilaDepartment of Industrial and Information Engineering and Economics, University of L'Aquila, 67100 L'Aquila
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Keefe, Bruce D.
Gouws, Andre D.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Gouws, Andre D.
Sheldon, Aislin A.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Sheldon, Aislin A.
Vernon, Richard J. W.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Vernon, Richard J. W.
Lawrence, Samuel J. D.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Lawrence, Samuel J. D.
McKeefry, Declan J.
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Univ Bradford, Sch Optometry & Vis Sci, Bradford, W Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
McKeefry, Declan J.
Wade, Alex R.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Wade, Alex R.
Morland, Antony B.
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Univ York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England
Hull York Med Sch, Ctr Neurosci, York, N Yorkshire, EnglandUniv York, York Neuroimaging Ctr, Dept Psychol, York YO10 5NY, N Yorkshire, England