Facial attractiveness judgements reflect learning of parental age characteristics

被引:92
作者
Perrett, DI [1 ]
Penton-Voak, IS
Little, AC
Tiddeman, BP
Burt, DM
Schmidt, N
Oxley, R
Kinloch, N
Barrett, L
机构
[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Psychol, St Andrews KY16 9JU, Fife, Scotland
[2] Univ Liverpool, Sch Biol Sci, Liverpool L69 3GS, Merseyside, England
关键词
facial attractiveness; early visual experience; parental characteristics; age preference;
D O I
10.1098/rspb.2002.1971
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Mate preferences are shaped by infant experience of parental characteristics in a wide variety of species. Similar processes in humans may lead to physical similarity between parents and mates, yet this possibility has received little attention. The age of parents is one salient physical characteristic that offspring may attend to. The current study used computer-graphic faces to examine how preferences for age in faces were influenced by parental age. We found that women born to 'old' parents (over 30) were less impressed by youth, and more attracted to age cues in male faces than women with 'young' parents (under 30). For men, preferences for female faces were influenced by their mother's age and not their father's age, but only for long-term relationships. These data indicate that judgements of facial attractiveness in humans reflect the learning of parental characteristics.
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页码:873 / 880
页数:8
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