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Symmetry and Human Facial Attractiveness

David I. Perrett, D. M. Burt, Ian S. Penton‐Voak, Kieran J Lee, Duncan Rowland, Rachel Edwards

Evolution and Human Behavior · 1999 · 553 citations · 40 references

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Concepts

Social SciencesPsychologySocial PsychologyAestheticsSexual SelectionSocial PerceptionAesthetic EmotionAesthetic PerceptionAesthetic PropertiesFace PerceptionFacial ExpressionFacial PerceptionFace AestheticsFacial Asymmetry EvaluationFacial Symmetry Perception

References

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A STUDY OF FLUCTUATING ASYMMETRY

Leigh Van Valen · Evolution · 1962 · 1.5K citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Physics +11

Effects of sexual dimorphism on facial attractiveness

David I. Perrett, K. J. Lee, Ian S. Penton‐Voak et al. · Nature · 1998 · 1.3K citations · Full text

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Psychology +13

Human (Homo sapiens) facial attractiveness and sexual selection: The role of symmetry and averageness.

Karl Grammer, Randy Thornhill · Journal of comparative psychology · 1994 · 1.1K citations

Life Sciences, Biology, Psychology +14

Facial shape and judgements of female attractiveness

David I. Perrett, Keith A. May, Sakiko Yoshikawa · Nature · 1994 · 855 citations

Social Sciences, Psychology, Social Psychology +14

A Study of Fluctuating Asymmetry

Leigh Van Valen · Evolution · 1962 · 739 citations

Social Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Physics +11